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Private Money Investment via private lenders and hard money lenders have fueled our economy while conventional banks still continue to stay on the sidelines for investment property loans.  What has become evident is that there is so much demand in the market for private money that it’ a great window of opportunity for investors to participate and earn high returns as private money lenders.
Investors must be smart in their anaylsis of deals however, for many investors and borrowers the old adage “that real estate values always go up”  is clearly not …

Skyler Moore

Investors all across the country have been burnt by purchasing a proforma, rather than an investment property.  I personally have seen this happen over and over again in the Denver market for both residential and commercial investment properties.  Sure property values have dropped, which has caused real estate owners to become upside down, but often the proforma numbers they were given were set up for failure.
Evaluating real estate is quite simple once you know what you are doing, it just takes some experience.  One of the first things that …

Investment Opportunities in Oak Park Real Estate The old saw, “location, location, location” has kept Oak Park property values strong and stable, and with green concerns and energy costs, continues to provide a leading edge for this community that is centrally situated between urban downtown Chicago and the Far West suburbs. Vacancy rates in Oak Park investment property remain consistently low; interest in redevelopment remains high. Many opportunities exist in the multiple commercial and business districts as well as in the residential sectors.
Ideal Location Chicago Real Estate’s broker Eli Schultz, …

Private lenders and hard money lenders have fueled our economy while conventional banks still continue to stay on the sidelines for investment property loans. What has become evident is that there is so much demand in the market for private money that it’ a great window of opportunity for investors to particpate and earn high returns.
Investors must be smart in their anaylsis of deals however, for many investors and borrowers the age old adage that real estate values always go up is not necessarily true. While real estate has been …

In commercial real estate, apartment building investors continue to be the most optimistic sector especially as net job growth seems to be on the rebound.  Although it’s anticipated that investment property values will hold up in the multi family sector the same can not be said for retail, office, mixed use and epecially hospitality as further declines in valuation are anticipated.
Apartment investor demand is rebounding and although capital is reentering the market, much capital remains on the sideline as investors are treading carefully.  This is due to a number of factors  including the combination of stiff …

A study by DePaul University’s Institute for Housing Studies found that $3 billion of multi-family property mortgages already are in foreclosure, affecting more than 32,000 rental units in Cook County. This includes both multi unit 2, 3 & 4 Flats as well as multi-family 5+ units.
But that is just the tip of the iceberg in cook county as approximately 38,000 additional single-family homes are already in foreclosure in Cook County. The Institute for Housing Studies predicts that and additional Another $12.6 billion in multi-family mortgages are at risk.
Falling property values …