Posted by Val Lemoine // April 6, 2016
You and your spouse have had it with apartment living. You are tired of noisy neighbors, heavy footsteps above your ceiling, the inability to play your music loud, and pouring rent money down the drain. You saved enough money for the down payment on a house and the extras such ah purchase might entail. Now […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // March 16, 2016
From By Michael E. Kanell at My AJC, “Despite several years of improvement in the housing market, metro Atlanta ranks third in the nation in the share of homeowners who still owe more on their mortgage than their homes are worth. According to a study released today by Zillow, 17.6 percent of metro Atlanta homeowners still […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // February 24, 2016
Sarah Siddons & Chris Opfer at Home & Garden explain Rent to Own. “You’ve just bought the home of your dreams, signed the contract and packed the moving van — you’re all set, right? Not if you haven’t sold your current home first. So you put it on the market and you wait. And wait. And wait. In many cities where […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // February 12, 2016
“A good plan vigorously executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.” General George Patton AKA “Done is better than perfect!”
Posted by Val Lemoine // February 10, 2016
As real estate investors one of the tools in our tool belt is buying a house “Subject To.” As investors, we advertise that if you want to sell fast, we are the people to call. Using the “Subject To” strategy is sometimes the best win-win situation for everyone. What is buying a house “Subject To”? […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // February 5, 2016
“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” Wayne Dyer, Author and Motivational Speaker
Posted by Val Lemoine // January 29, 2016
“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain – and most do. “ American Writer and Lecturer, Dale Carnegie
Posted by Val Lemoine // January 27, 2016
Some call it rehabbing. Some may call a rehabber a “flipper.” You may think the word flipper is a perfectly good word for what we do. Others may consider the name flipper akin to a bottom dweller. We are a real estate investor and we rescue, rehab and repurpose existing houses. We fix them up […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // January 13, 2016
Neil Terc at INMAN reveals the next batch of homebuyers that will help us be successful in the real estate industry as realtors or investors. Neil Terc is the president and founder of Yourcasa.com and SuCasa.com two sites that focus on the Hispanic community. Terc says the largest and fastest-growing majority right now is the Hispanic community. A group of […]
Posted by Val Lemoine // January 5, 2016
The mortgage banking landscape changed significantly on October 3, 2015 with new closing rules brought forth by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CPFB). The agency replaces the Department of Housing and Urban Development for oversight because HUD did not provide specific consumer protection and, I suspect, was not a lengthy enough acronym. Don’t government employees get […]