http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog Real Estate Investing in the Real World Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:45:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en News Flash: financing is getting tougher and tougher to come by, especially for real estate investors. However, when the real estate market faces challenges it may also present you with opportunities – but you’re probably going to need the cooperation of a lender to turn those opportunities into deals. What ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/five-strategies-to-get-your-real-estate-investment-income-property-financed-even-in-a-credit-crunch/  Last week, President Bush signed into law a sweeping housing bill that aims to boost the struggling housing market and bolster mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.- The cost of the program which would begin on Oct. 1 and be in place for just a few years will ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/housing-bill-signed-by-president-changes-go-into-effect-october-1st/ So, some of you may know that I am HUGE women's basketball fan. In my office I have an autographed jersey of Sheryl Swoopes and at home I have a pair of her Nike shoes. She was the first female athlete to ever get her own Nike shoe. I played basketball ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/score-one-for-the-old-chicks/ For almost two years now I've been advising anyone who will listen to begin a refinance strategy to peel residential investment property loans off of their personal credit into portfolio loans in the name of their entity or LLC. No one listened. I heard a bunch of excuses such as ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/your-llc-loan-is-gone/ This is the first in a series of 6 teleclasses that I'm presenting for our real estate investors. We held the live event July 15th and had several hundred very enthusiastic investors on the line all excited to learn how they can raise private money for their investments. This is ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/private-money-magnet-teleclass-replay-july-15th/ Banking regulators seized IndyMac Bancorp last week. IndyMac is the 5th bank to fail as a result of the mortgage crisis and is currently the 3rd largest bank to fail ever in the US. This is scary folks. IndyMac will reopen under FDIC management and control but this just means more ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/the-death-of-real-estate-investing/ I just came across an interesting graph posted up at Patrick.net that seems to indicate the worst is yet to come in terms of recovery for the housing market. It shows the ARM resets and it appears that we'll get some relief late this year and in 2009 but we'll have ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/proof-that-the-real-estate-recovery-wont-happen-until-2012/ The media waves are all abuzz this morning with news about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Their stock prices are free-falling and the market seems worried that if they fail, they may not get bailed out. Read more here. http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/will-fannie-and-freddie-collapse/ I was very surprised last week when Lehman Brothers and IndyMac ceased accepting new applications for multifamily loans. Both of these lenders were active in the small balance arena (less than $1MM loan amount) and I have closed loans with both. As we know from basic economics, less competition is ... http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/money-gets-tighter-for-commercial-deals/ So, a few weeks ago I was looking for great, original content to pass along to you, my real estate investor peeps. I called a few friends and one thing led to another ... http://www.reisummit2008.com http://mortgagesecretsbook.com/blog/rei-summit-2008/