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Do Biweekly Payments Save You Money?
By Lara Sawyer
HomeYou may wonder whether biweekly payments really save you money on the long run and how do they do that. However, the answer to this question is not a simple one as it depends on each loan contracts terms and on your repayment capacity. Though mortgage lenders make many claims as to the virtues of biweekly payments, truth is that only under certain circumstances they'll be to your advantage.  Read more  
 
As A Real Estate Investor You Must Continue Your Real Estate Education  By Omar Johnson
With all things that are done intentionally as a real estate investor your education comes first. A real estate investing education is primary to your success in business, and in all circumstances there is an identifiable pattern of learning that leads from thought to action. When experiencing something new, first you hear about it or learn of its existence. Next you learn what it is. Then you learn how it works. And finally, you practice it, which is where experiential learning begins. This article is intended to discuss education, separate from experiential learning.  Read more
The BEST Damn Commercial Real Estate Investing Book Ever Written!The BEST Damn Commercial Real Estate Investing Book Ever Written! By Monica Villasenor
List Price: $29.95 Price: $19.77
Throw everything you know about investing in residential real estate out the window! Investing in commercial real estate is a whole different ball game. Described as "The book Robert Kiyosaki's second book should have been.", this tell-it-like-it-is book will teach you everything you should know about building wealth with commercial real estate. Find out why it's easier to purchase commercial real estate than residential real estate, how to find and analyze commercial real estate, learn about common ploys real estate agents and sellers use to sell commercial real estate, common tricks of the trade commercial real estate brokers and lenders don't want you to know about and the 10 Steps to becoming a successful real estate developer.  Purchase
 
REITs: What They Are And How They Profit
office buildingBy Prudence Wong
REITs are those companies that delve into investment in the shares of other firms to represent as a collective investment scheme. In order to understand a real estate investment trust, one needs to understand their nature of investment.  Read more
 
The Right Way to Buy Rental Property By Omar Johnson
for rent signOne of the surest pathways to wealth through real estate has always been the acquisition of cash flowing rental properties. However, as with any business, for every successful, happy landlord there are eight or nine others who are either struggling, sitting on the sidelines, or completely washed out. Despite this fact, the principles and practices involved in running such a business successfully are quite straightforward and easy enough to follow with just a little bit of quality advice and common sense.

Let's examine where you can go right and where you can go wrong in acquiring rental properties. Read more
 
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The Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing GuidebookThe Wall Street Journal. Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook By David Crook
List Price: $14.95 Price $10.17
The conservative, thoughtful, thrifty investor’s guide to building a real-estate empire.

Profitable real-estate investing opportunities exist everywhere as long as you know what to look for and understand how to make prudent deals that transform property into profits. David Crook, of The Wall Street Journal, shows how to make safe and sane investments that ensure a good night’s sleep as your real-estate portfolio grows, your properties appreciate and your income increases. The Wall Street Journal Complete Real-Estate Investing Guidebook offers the most authoritative information. Purchase