Entries from August 2008
I often tell people I am a full time real estate investor. The reality is that is a lie. There is no such thing as a full time real estate investor. You see, “full time” implies you are doing work. Investing implies your money is working for you. Working is not investing. Since this is [...]
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Tags: Beginner · Landlording · real estate
Motivational speaker Jim Rohn says “Rich people have large libraries, poor people have large TVs.” Reading is one of the best ways of improving oneself and your real estate knowledge. On the various real estate forums I go to, a common question is “What are the best real estate books?” One of my goals for [...]
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Tags: Beginner · Books · Business and Finance · real estate
The mainstream media has regularly reported the weakness of the real estate market. The statement is often made that it will take some time to move through the backlog of unsold homes. As you know all real estate is local. What is happening to that backlog of unsold homes here in our Baltimore market? According to Metropolitan [...]
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Tags: real estate