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Middle income people are being squeezed!

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

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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Tags: Credit Information · Investment Real Estate · Real Estate

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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Tags: Investment Real Estate · Helpful Sites · Real Estate · Inspiration

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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Tags: Investment Real Estate

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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Tags: Investment Real Estate

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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Tags: Investment Real Estate

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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Tags: Investment Real Estate