Baltimore Real Estate Investing Blog

Tweet Here is Mark’s Secret As a buy and hold investor that has been in the business for over 15 years I am often asked how I find my deals. Everyone wants to know the secret. I am sorry to disappoint you, but- THERE IS NO SECRET! (except maybe one… or two) Where to Find […]

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Tweet The Anatomy of a Wholesale Deal: A Case Study In this guest blog post I will share with you one of my latest closings every step of the way from lead generation to closing. This particular property introduced many new challenges that I had not yet experienced in my real estate career such as: […]

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Tweet Realty Trac Report Realty Trac recently came out with a list of the best cities in the nation to buy foreclosures in 2013 Realty Trac Foreclosure Market Report They report that in 2012 57% of the markets they track over 200,000 people increased in the number of foreclosures over 2011.  Twelve of the top […]

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Tweet Yesterday I sent out an e-mail with a great deal on a rental property.     Today five more properties went out to my list, All under $17,000!!!     If you missed it, sign up for our buyers list by clicking the button near the top right of the page. Tax sale foreclosures are […]

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Tweet What are the Best Neighborhoods to Invest in? A common question I hear is “What are the best neighborhoods to invest in?”  The answer is, any neighborhood.  There are good deals in any area, and the quality of the deal is more important than where it is located. Often “hot” neighborhoods have ready buyers […]

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Tweet Guest post By Andrew Hill @ www.NewHomeSource.com When Buying Foreclosed Homes be Realistic Buying a foreclosure can be a fantastic adventure in real estate. And if you enjoy finding a great price for a home while getting your hands dirty, then it could be a perfect fit. But when shopping foreclosures you must remember […]

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Tweet Is Another Wave of Foreclosures Coming? Or is it a Tsunami coming? Rick Sharga from RealtyTrack.com says that “Banks own about 900,000 houses but only 300,000 are on the market!”  That means the real supply of REOs is triple what we are seeing today.  His prediction; 4-6 million homes will hit the market in […]

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Tweet One of the great things about running a blog is the people you meet via comments.  One of my readers Brian Porter,  a top agent in Portland Oregon, posted a comment and I went to check out his site.  He had a wonderful post on making lowball offers and has graciously allowed me to […]

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Tweet In my recent post What is Hard Money,  I promised to post a list of Hard money lenders.  So here it is.  Much of this list comes from an e-mail by Baltimore real estate investor John Parker; thanks John. Local Baltimore Hard Money Lenders Cavalier Realty Company, Inc. Hard Money Bankers Jeffrey Shiller from […]

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Tweet If you are new to real estate investing you may have heard the term “Hard Money”.  Just what exactly is hard money?  It is a short term loan with high interest designed for investors who renovate properties. These loans do not come from banks or traditional lenders. They are offered by private lenders in […]

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Tweet Join me and my friends from REACH to play the Cashflow game at Bare Bones Grill and Brewery in Ellicott City, MD April 8, 2010.  It is a great opportunity to network with like minded individuals who are interested in Real Estate and building their net worth.  RSVP for the CashFlow Game here. The […]

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Tweet Baltimore is a city of neighborhoods. Many of these neighborhoods have colorful names that hint at the history of the neighborhood, Greektown,  Butchers Hill,  Brewers Hill etc.  Live Baltimore has a page describing Baltimore Neighborhoods But do you really know the true borders of those neighborhoods?  There are official names for every part of […]

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Tweet Take Massive action Something my friend Pete Gardini often says is to take massive action. You are not going to be successful by sitting around doing nothing.  Goals are great, thinking and planing are important, research is necessary, and going to seminars and reading real estate books ( and my blog 🙂 ) are […]

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Tweet Do you have a mastermind group? I am fortunate to be a member of a high level mastermind group. I am continually impressed with the ideas, knowledge, and success level  the members of my mastermind group generate.  Two members of my group are putting on an exciting event later this month, The Exponential Wealth […]

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