R.E. Ravings Blog

You probably heard that General Motors, Ford Motors, and Chrysler, the 3 giant auto makers are asking congress to bail them out in the tune of $25 billion. What do you know, even big companies are struggling to get loans from banks...

If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that question I would have an extra million dollars just lying around...

I don't know about you, but when I first got started in this business I had a hell of a time determining the true value of property when I bought it...

With the current state of the real estate market around the country it is important to be a little more cautious...

We all know that the sub-prime mess is still going on. The problems getting new buyers qualified to cash you out of your properties are causing hassles for many investors. This is the 800 pound gorilla in the room...

Renovating houses has been on my mind for a while now. As most of you know, last year we were in the Philippines. During the time we were there we were having my Father-In-Laws house renovated. I had to stop and wonder about just why we do renovations on properties that we own.

A couple of weeks ago I talked about choosing to market for houses in areas that were more likely to sell their house creatively. I also went into the fact that I want the price of the house to be around the median for the area because that sells the fastest. Also I don't want...

I finally found an article online that had some straight facts regarding the financial mess that we are in. And boy are we in deep do do. I found more information about what Paulson and Bernanke were trying to do with the "bailout". Here is what I found...

The house rejected the bailout on Monday. The Dow went down 770 points. Tuesday came and went and the Dow came back up 200+ points and now today it is down about 20. Wow, the market is...

When investors approach me about where they should look for houses they are looking for me to tell them a general rule of thumb in distance from their house. I remember when I first decided to become a real estate investor I was looking for