David Shafer of Uncommon Financial Wisdon wrote an excellent guest post on Jeff Brown aka the BawldGuy’s Blog about how the current squeeze on middle income families occuring in our country should effect one’s investment decisions. Jeff is a San Diego real estate broker who specializes in finding good investment properties outside California.
I can certainly say we see this trend […]
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Middle income people are being squeezed!
July 15th, 2008 · No Comments
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San Mateo and San Francisco Counties are doing just fine !
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments
USA Today published a fascinating study of local economies throught the nation.
Most states are doing just fine !
Here’s the map:
Most of California is at risk or already in recession.
Only Bakersfield, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, and San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City are in expansion.
Very interesting !
Is it only a matter of time before San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City join the […]
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Leverage and Return on Real Estate Investments
December 11th, 2007 · No Comments
Chris Smith, Real Estate Investing in the Real World in a recent post indicates that when a real estate investment starts to produce a good cash flow, it may be a good time to sell/exchange that property in order to increase the leverage on your invested dollars to maximize return.
Here is how the concept of leverage works […]
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Real Estate Investments (part 3)
October 24th, 2007 · No Comments
An exciting new small residential income property in downtown Menlo Park has been listed by Catherine Vallee 415 990-5913.
The property address is 855 Fremont Street and the list price is $1,195,000.
The building contains 4 one bedroom units rented for between $1,250 and $1,350 per month. Market rent may be closer to $1,450.
This property offers a […]
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Real Estate Investments (part 2)
October 7th, 2007 · No Comments
In my previous post, I did a “quick” analysis of a 3 unit property listed in Menlo Park. On this property, 1161 Noel Drive, Menlo Park, a buyer would need to put about 50% cash down payment to obtain at least a break even cash flow.
Let’s look at another possible investment in the Dallas/Ft. Worth […]
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Real Estate Investments
October 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Clients often want to invest in real estate but aren’t sure where to start.
Often clients would like to buy a small apartment building in Menlo Park or Palo Alto. They ask me to find a property they can buy with a 25% cash down payment and have at least a break even cash flow. This generally […]
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