Investing Your IRA

January 2009 - Posts

• Top 10 cities for real estate investing

  HomeVestors® of America, Inc., the company famous for its “We Buy Ugly Houses”® billboards and America’s #1 Home Buyer, has named the top 10 markets for real estate investing in the fourth quarter and 2008. Read More... Posted Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:26 PM by Mack and Andi Durbin | 0 Comments Filed under: IRA investing, real estate investing, finding distressed properties

• Sometimes less rent is really more

  Many rental-home owners think that a higher rent will always result in more rent dollars-not true. The cost of a long vacancy can far exceed the cost of a lower rent with a shorter vacancy period. Since for every two-and-a-half weeks that a unit sits vacant, the annual revenue drops 5%, a long vacancy-due to a higher rent-can net an owner far less money. Read More... Posted Sunday, January 11, 2009 5:05 PM by Mack and Andi Durbin | 0 Comments Filed under: rental properties, rental rates

• 4 ways to work with your vacation property manager

  It’s often said that “the Internet changes everything.” Certainly it has changed the traditional relationship between vacation-rental owners and their property managers. At the very least, it has introduced a spectrum of possibilities. For some brave souls, the Internet has made it possible to take on everything: marketing, managing, advertising, maintenance-you name it Read More... Posted Saturday, January 03, 2009 3:08 PM by Mack and Andi Durbin | 0 Comments Filed under: income property management, vacation homes, rental properties