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Real estate investors can rely on a real estate broker or title company to provide closing statement estimates. However, many times there is not a real estate agent involved, and it’s also prudent for the investor to know how item pro-rations are done.

First, there are three basic choices that will influence how an item will be prorated at closing:

Mandisa Wofford
Jonathan Drake
Pamela & Bryant Byrd
Chris Vanvouning
Jenny Thompson
Carlos Hurtado
Milagros Delarosa
Trina Priddy
Trina Priddy
Evelyn Gunter
Lynn and Paula Torstenson
David & Judy Lacivita
Sung Choi
Peter J Holf
Judith Williamson
Paul H Givens
Jonathan P. Angle
Hassana Sessoms
Shad Schrader
Andrew & Amy Hodges
Thomas Flemming
David Bartkowiak
Andrea Williams
Vito Noto
Alicia Creek
Mark Borderud
Joshua Kotalic
Judy Simonsen
Robert Ragan
Brian Nevins
John & Jody Clough
David & Debbie Nelson
Nick Bertucci
Evelyn Miller
Pierre Labissiere

Buying Foreclosure's and REO's (How to Buy Bank Owned)
By Anita Wilson

Banks own real estate because the banks have acquired the homes through foreclosure. Homes on a bank's books are called REOs, which is an acronym for "real estate owned." Realize that when banks receive property deeds to homes through foreclosure, it's because no one showed up on the courthouse steps to bid the minimum amount of the existing mortgage(s).

Recent articles about what renters want, and the amenities that they prefer, all say pretty much the same thing…they want what homeowners want. Renters do not want to take a back seat just because they are unable or unwilling to purchase a home.

Fontirossi, Marcello
Liua, West
Cummins, Gracie V Montes, Marvin
Power, Dennis
Oxford, Richard Mcdonalds, Francine Conner, Marietta Diamond, John
Perez, Marcelo
Ciferri, Walton
Dunklin, Louis
Lopez, David
Wood-Shotlow, Sharon
Beasley, Melva
Wilhite, Andrew
Troesch, Bruce
Redmond, Edward
John, Randall
Crisologo, Jacqueline Mark, Allan
Gonzales, Anthony
Mayville, Frances
Nieto, Jose
Scott, Anthony
Zajac, Madeline
Katsnis, Pamela
Kinura, Karl
Brandon, Marcus
Onoratl, Todd
Haynes, Phil
Ubani, Laura
Repp, Mike "Edwin"
Swiatek, Emily
Mccaa, Johnny
Cole, Beverly

Real estate investment can be accomplished in a number of ways. From totally hands-off to intensive landlord and management tasks, how much time and personal involvement you put into your investing is up to you. However, if you're moving toward being a landlord and managing rental properties, whether single family homes or apartments, you might want to do some self-assessment to help you make some important decisions.

As investors, risk is a part of our business. There is price risk, market risk, property condition risk, and more. Whenever we can reduce our risk, it's usually a smart thing to do. And we can significantly reduce our risk at no, or a tiny cost, we're in a "why not" situation. One area of risk involves the condition and history of a property. It may look good to us, and it may even look good to all of our inspectors. But, if there was flood or water damage sometime in the past, and it is no longer visible, it doesn't mean that there is no more risk of problems.

LEASE OPTION 101
By: William Bronchick

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