Archive for the ‘Selling Property’ Category

The Real Estate Market Cycle-Introduction

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

If you’re new here (and you like what you read), you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!  ScottI am going to take a departure from discussions about investment property and landlord issues into a more brainy discussion about Real Estate Market Cycles and It’s Implication for Market Timing.  This post […]

Minnesota Investor Club Meeting-Sept 12

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

The next Investor Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 12 at 6:30 at the Mendakota Country Club.  At this meeting, Scott Ficek will be presenting on Flipping 101.  
Our investor club meetings are a great opportunity to meet other real estate investors. The meetings last just over an hour and feature experts in the field of investment real estate, […]

Prepping to Sell your Investment Property

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Most investors are planning to sell their investment properties eventually.  Those same investors will either sell their property without doing any work and accepting the fact the property will not show very well.  Others will spend considerable time and money just prior to selling to get the property back up to speed. 
Read the below list and […]

The Guidelines of Flipping Properties

Friday, August 17th, 2007

Are you memorized by those shows in which people are buying run-down houses, fixing them up and reselling them for huge profits before the first mortgage payment is due? Wow!
What’s more, these people claim they made as much money on this one house as you did all of last year. They don’t look or sound […]

Minneapolis & St. Paul Real Estate Market Update

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

The Minneapolis & St. Paul real estate market continues to be in a slump.  Here are the new numbers released for July 2007:

Closed sales are down 2.7% over July 2006.
For the year to date, closed sales are actually down 14.4%. 
Percent of original list price received at sale is down 1.9% over July 2006 and is down […]