Investing in Real Estate 9 - Scrapes, Pops and New Construction This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, scrapes, pops and new construction, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: Purchasing a small home in an expensive neighborhood that may or may not need work
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 8 - Condo Conversions This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, fix and flips, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: A synthesis of the fix and flip and rental operations - purchasing an apartment building in a neighborhood dominated by
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 7 - Fix and Flips This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, fix and flips, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: Purchasing a home that needs work. The scope can range from the basic "paint and carpet" to extensive overhauls to scraping
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 6 - Lease Options This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, lease options, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: A lease option (L/O) is Acquiring control of a property (though not necessarily ownership), then leasin
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 5 - Large (5+ unit) Apartment Building This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, large apartment buildings, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: Still targeting tenants for 6-12 months at a time, buildings with more than five units are
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 4 - Small (2-4 units) Apartment Building This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, small apartment buildings, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: Purchase of duplex, triplex or quadplex to be rented to tenants, usually for 6-12 month t
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 3 - Rental Condo or Rental Home This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, rental condos or rental homes, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: Purchase of a residential property to be rented out to tenants, usually on a 6-12 month lease
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12/28/2008
Investing in Real Estate 2 - Assignments This blog will discuss a type of real estate investment, assignments, in the Porter area in Denver. What this investment is: An investor who is interested in Assignments gets a property under contract for an attractive price then assigns the contract to
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12/28/2008
The average home price in Metro Denver increased +2% in the full year 2005 to the full year 2006, from $309,000 to $317,000. Comparing 2006 to 2007, the average home price across the metro dropped 2%, to $311,000. The first quarter of 2008 was $278,000 vs. the first quarter of 2007 was $296,000:
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12/28/2008
Take a look at the first page, for AUN (Aurora North). Note these positive market trends this year:- number of active listings steadily declining- average list price pretty stable (finally!)- U/C up dramatically- Number of sales / month up (partially seasonali
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12/28/2008