cabanaboy Posted May 7, 2006 Share Posted May 7, 2006 I am looking for some seminars/free courses etc. about Real Estate Investing strategies and ways to capitalize on knowledge of the IRS regulations. Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiderman Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 I am looking for some seminars/free courses etc. about Real Estate Investing strategies and ways to capitalize on knowledge of the IRS regulations. Can anyone help?Here are some links that might be helpful. www.luinc.com www.complete-property-services.com www.richclub.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Some of the local community colleges have investment classes taught by real estate professionals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffin Posted July 20, 2007 Share Posted July 20, 2007 UT Austin might have some seminars that you can attend. Also, if you go to Barnes & Noble and buy some of the more professional real estate investment books, the authors of those books usually have seminars. Some of them might even come to Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 They say you should be able to average 10% a year investing in real estate. Is that before or after you pay the taxes, insurance, repairs and other cost of owning homes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 They say you should be able to average 10% a year investing in real estate. Is that before or after you pay the taxes, insurance, repairs and other cost of owning homes?Who is they? What kind of real estate are they talking about (i.e. rental houses, apartment complexes, retail, office, medical office, warehouse, self-storage, vacant land, etc.)? Where is the real estate located? Building quality? Demographics? Firmographics? How do they expect that you'll finance the acquisition? Or are they talking about development?There are too many variables and too many components of the realm that comprises 'real estate' to say that 10% is the magic number...much less your magic number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAA Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 Stay away from the real estate "gurus".... http://www.johntreed.com/gurucustomers.htmlI highly recommend John Reed's real estate investing books: http://www.johntreed.com/realestate.htmIts a great place to start for not much money, especially compared to what some people will try to charge you for their "advice". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I just think the stock market is a better investment if 10% is average on real estate. When you consider all the things that can go wrong with renters and houses. Course real estate you can buy with someone elses money, set it up as a biz and if it doesn't work out you just go bankrupt, get foreclosed on and walk away. Charging people money telling them how to make money in real estate is an even safer way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNiche Posted July 23, 2007 Share Posted July 23, 2007 I just think the stock market is a better investment if 10% is average on real estate. When you consider all the things that can go wrong with renters and houses. Course real estate you can buy with someone elses money, set it up as a biz and if it doesn't work out you just go bankrupt, get foreclosed on and walk away. Charging people money telling them how to make money in real estate is an even safer way to go.You can do the same thing by opening up a margin account, but since it is viewed as so risky, many brokerages set limits on how much can be borrowed. In real estate, 80% loan-to-value on an investment acquisition is pretty standard. Anything above 50% in a margin account is basically impossible to come by, even if you're only involved in blue chips.The thing about real estate that can be so lucrative is that there is asymmetrical information. If you know your ****, you can leverage the acquisition and really cash in on a specialty product or even arbitrage. In contrast, with the stock market, you have to outwit brokers that know (or at least have the ability to know) everything that you do, and then some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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