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<title>Lex Levinrad - EzineArticles Expert Author</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Lex Levinrad has been a full time distressed real estate investor since 2003. He has been involved in buying, rehabbing, wholesaling, renting, and selling hundreds of houses in South Florida. Lex is the founder and CEO of the Distressed Real Estate Institute, which trains beginning distressed real estate investors about how to find wholesale real estate deals. Lex specializes in buying foreclosures and bank owned REO homes and offers private mentoring, bus tours, boot camps and home study courses for real estate investors. Lex is an accomplished national public speaker and has shared the stage with some of the countries ... ]]></description>
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<title>How Wholesalers Use &quot;Assignment of Contract&quot; To Flip Properties</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Assigning a contract is a very useful tool for wholesalers that would like to assign their rights to a property for a small profit. An assignment of contract form is used to transfer beneficial interest in the property to the new buyers (assignee) from the existing buyer (assignor).]]></description>
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<title>Should Real Estate Investors Get A Real Estate License?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[One of the most common questions that I am asked on a daily basis from new real estate investors is whether or not it is beneficial for them to get their real estate license. I spent many years as a real estate investor wholesaling, rehabbing, fixing, flipping and renting without getting a real estate license. Ultimately I decided that it was beneficial to get my real estate license and that having a real estate license does not hinder your ability to operate as a real estate investor.]]></description>
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<title>What You Should Know About Being a Landlord</title>
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<description><![CDATA[The decline in real estate prices has created a tremendous opportunity to invest in real estate at very low prices. Prices have declined significantly to the point where positive cash flow on rental properties is a reality. Many investors are considering becoming landlords for the first time. Owning real estate long term is one of the easiest ways to create long term wealth. However, before you jump in to the deep end, consider the following tips from a landlord with many rental properties.]]></description>
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<title>Buying Bank Owned REO Properties Using Private Investors' Money</title>
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<description><![CDATA[How to buy bank owned properties using private investors money. This article covers hard money lenders, transactional funding, wholesaling and double closings.]]></description>
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<title>Buying Bank Owned REO Properties</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:07:44 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The foreclosure crisis has created an unprecedented opportunity to invest in real estate at hugely discounted prices. When a homeowner defaults on their mortgage and goes into foreclosure, the end result is that the house ends up at a foreclosure auction. If no one buys the house at the foreclosure auction, then the house goes back to the bank that originated the mortgage loan. ]]></description>
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<title>Buying and Holding Real Estate For the Long Term Compared to Flipping</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Beginning real estate investors are often attracted to the quick money that can be made by flipping deals. Flipping deals by assigning contracts is a very lucrative way to make a very nice living - when the market is going up. In the previous boom there were many "flippers" that made hundreds of thousands of dollars assigning contracts.]]></description>
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<title>Short Sales For Beginners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When a bank loans money by giving a mortgage to a homeowner, the bank expects to be paid back in full when the homeowner sells or refinances the property. A typical bank mortgage is a loan at a loan to value (LTV) ratio of 80%. The standard conventional loan requires a 20% down payment and an 80% mortgage.]]></description>
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<title>Investing in Single Family Rental Houses Compared to Stocks and Bonds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[After seeing the stock market and real estate market decline so significantly in the past year, many investors are wondering whether now is a better time to buy stocks or invest in real estate and which would be a better investment.   Consider the following facts about a recent rental house purchase which was purchased a few weeks ago. The house in question was purchased in Port St Lucie, Florida and was a bank owned REO property which was purchased directly from the bank.]]></description>
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<title>Is it Really Possible to Buy Real Estate With No Money Down?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I have heard many questions over the years from students about whether or not it is really possible to buy real estate with no money down. The most frequent questions I get are from mortgage brokers and realtors.]]></description>
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<title>Beginners Guide to Finding Wholesale Real Estate</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:23:13 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[A guide for beginners to learn how to find wholesale real estate deals from distressed sellers. This article discusses working with homeowners in foreclosure as well as looking for distressed sellers and how to have them find you.]]></description>
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<title>How to Find Tenants and How to Keep Your Rental Property Occupied</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:13:54 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The most frequent question that I am asked is "How do you keep your properties rented". Since I am an active landlord with many rental properties I decided to put my "system" down on paper so that other potential landlords might benefit. ]]></description>
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<title>Investing in Foreclosures For Beginners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[If you are thinking about investing in foreclosures there are some key points for you to consider before you begin investing.    The first step for you to understand is how the foreclosure process works. The foreclosure process can be broken down into three key components.]]></description>
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