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Case-Shiller home price index declines again

Posted on December 1, 2011 by xdnus

While financial pundits keep calling a bottom in home prices, they just keep falling.  Case-Shiller’s latest September home price index shows a 5th consecutive month of year over year drops in home prices.  In addition, the non-seasonally adjusted index fell … Continue reading →

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Foreclosures Doubled

Posted on November 10, 2011 by xdnus

According to the latest release from Fitch Ratings, U.S. foreclosures have doubled from this time last year.  This generally lines up with the numbers we are seeing on our end as well.  Good news for those of you looking to … Continue reading →

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Turn Key Foreclosure Investing with Texas Cash Cow Investments

Posted on September 29, 2011 by xdnus

Phillip Carter of Texas Cash Cow Investments is scaling foreclosure investing in a way that most people only dream of.  He’s providing a turn-key investment model to foreign investors with estimates of 20% cash returns on most investments. Texas Cash … Continue reading →

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Could a new refinancing program be on the way?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by xdnus

The Federal Reserve released a report last week claiming that 2.3 million homeowners could have refinanced their homes last year if lending standards weren’t so stringent. With the Fed launching “operation twist” last week, a program to replace short dated … Continue reading →

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Hedge real estate exposure with reverse ETF’s

Posted on September 14, 2011 by xdnus

If you’re like most Americans, the majority of your household wealth is probably tied to your principle home or other real estate investments.  With the recent economic uncertainty and talk of a possible double dip recession, its important to know … Continue reading →

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Reevaluate your investing strategy

Posted on September 2, 2011 by xdnus

While real estate investments, principally rental property, make up the core of our investing strategy, its important to hedge risk by employing your capital across a diverse set of asset classes.  As active stock market participants, we’re big fans of … Continue reading →

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Shadow Inventory Dropping

Posted on August 25, 2011 by xdnus

There is quite the mixed bag of real estate related news out this week.  And as with the general economy as a whole it’s a bit difficult to gleam any real certainty as to market direction based on the latest … Continue reading →

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