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By:  Robert Stec
The objective of a Green Investment Property is to increase the property owners net operating income by implementing energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives. If you are a building owner, developer, REIT ( Real Estate Investment Trust ) or a property manager sustainability can and should be an added source of profitability for you.  
Investment Property owners need a specialized Green partner to help them  identify, simplify, and execute energy initiatives in order to take action against rising energy costs, increase net operating income (NOI), and strengthen their brands. A green team of …

An Investment Property Exchange will help you reach your investment goals faster. Re-invest your gains (rather than pay capital gains taxes) so your capital can grow faster and produce more income.  An Investment Property Exchange will help you get higher return on investment (ROI) on your investment property. An Investment Property Exchange will save you money by deferring taxes.
If you are  planning to sell an investment property but hate the idea of potentially paying tens of thousands of dollars in capital gains taxes to the IRS. You can reduce or …

Not all real estate markets are created equal, and although most markets are still down many are in fact on the the upswing. The market in your own back yard may not be the best market to be acquiring investment property in. In fact certain indicators could have your own local market in a hold or sell cycle and not a buy cycle. One thing that real estate investors every where have learned from the recent economic crisis is that markets do not always go up.. Markets likewise never stay …

Denver Investment Property
Investors Cash in on Denver’s Price to Rent Ratios
By: Skyler Moore
 
Investors all across the country are capitalizing on great price to rent ratios in the metro Denver area for strong cash flow.  Denver real estate was hit hard like most major markets during the housing correction, but has seen an increase of 12.1% from June of 2009 to an average sales price of $190,500.  The key to avoiding negative cash flow properties is to stick with numbers based on sound due diligence of the local market.
The Denver area varies …

The real estate investment loan market has under gone a fundamental reset after the economic crash.  Out are the loose underwriting guidelines that helped perpetuate the real estate bubble and in are very conservative conventional underwriting criteria for funding of investment real estate.  Gone are the low money down and highly speculative option arm and stated programs investors where using in years past and are fully documented, 75-80% LTV programs that require solid FICO scores.   The reality is that for loans for investors ( non-owner occupied properties) is that available …

The Oak Park real estate market on some level is an extension of the Chicago Real Estate market and currently has many interesting opportunities available both for home owners and investment property.
Chicago’s urban tree-canopied suburb of Oak Park offers families and singles an array of comfortable Prairie four-squares, painted Victorians and townhouses & condominium developments alongside Frank Lloyd Wright landmarks.
Just nine miles from downtown Chicago’s financial and commercial center, Oak Park’s residential front-porch neighborhoods are dotted with excellent local schools, recreation centers, and playing fields. One of Chicago’s top schools, …

Chicago Real Estate – Downtown Chicago condo’s remain a buyers market with excess inventory that still needs to be absorbed.  Sales volume of downtown condominiums did inch higher however  in the previous quarter as developers continued to cut prices to bring in buyers.
Downtown builders sold 148 condos and townhomes in the last three months of 2009, up from 56 units in the third quarter and a net loss of 253 sales in fourth-quarter 2009, when a large number of buyers canceled sales contracts, according to Appraisal Research Counselors, a Chicago-based …

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60659 – Arcadia Gardens …