Most investors find themselves in a cash crunch at one time or another. Vacancies, renovations, changes in mortgage terms and interest rates, municipal fees and taxes, it can all add up. This leaves investors scrambling to balance their portfolios. Most refinance with an eye on mortgage products with lower monthly payments. The current product of choice is the interest only…
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4 Steps To Real Estate Investing Success
Real estate investing is always good and sometimes it’s red hot. When it’s hot dozens of real estate seminars begin rolling across the country and thousands of people spend thousands of dollars for investing education. It’s startling to learn that of all those thousands of eager folks who attend these seminars only about 5% buy even one investment house. Why?…
What Is Forex Trading
FOREX, (FOReign EXchange market) or FX, is an international exchange market where stocks and shares are not traded, but currency. The return for the investor is not in the value of the currency per se, but rather the relative exchange value of one currency against another currency. Therefore, Forex trading is always expressed in pairs such as Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD)…
Forex Leading Indicators
Derived from the words “foreign exchange,” Forex is the largest financial market in the world. A highly liquid, voluminous market based on no specific fixed exchange, the forex is traded through financial institutions, dealers, brokers, banks and, most recently, private individuals. An up-and-coming endeavor for the smaller, personal investor, the forex market has only recently become accessible to such traders.…
How A 1031 Exchange Works
A section 1031 tax deferral allows an investor to sell a property, then reinvest the proceeds in a new property and defer all capital gain taxes. Specific conditions for the exchange state that it must be of “like-kind” and must take place within 45 days of the close of the sale. To understand more about how this exchange works, consider…
The Stock Market A Brief Primer
For most people, the stock market is a scary thought because they have seen the devastating effects it can have when things go wrong. Stock plummeted after Enron, and even when mergers are announced as with the case of Chase and Bank One, the stock market feels the effects. Even DuPont has seen its stock prices drop when negative information…
Land Buying Opportunities After Land Scams
UK witnessed, London Land Scams, Kent Land Scams and Sussex Land Scams, and since then Land for sale in the UK are proving a popular investment opportunity due to the scarcity of land, as the demand for property in the United Kingdom continues to rise, more and more investors are turning to land investment as an excellent long-term growth source.…
Make Sure Investors Remember By Creating A Buzz About Your Deal
There can never be any guarantees in the process of connecting your company with capital because there are so many factors that impact an investor’s decision to invest. Unfortunately, even when a company has none of these obstacles, they can still fail in their quest for private equity funding because the interest of the investor wanes. An institutional investor or…
How To Structure Your Mortgage Note For Resale To An Investor
I have come across many note sellers that ignore the advice of being prepared. Properly structuring a note for resale can be the difference between selling the note fast and with little friction as opposed to selling yourself short or worse, not selling the note at all. In order to properly structure a mortgage note for resale is as follows:…
Investing In Bonds Versus Forex
Investing in bonds and the savings bank is safe as we will see. But if you are adventurous you can make a great deal from Forex. The article is written primarily for the smaller investor who needs high yield, the man who has between, let us say, $5,000 and $100,000. If the $5,000 investor secures a return on his money…