Why You Need To Become a Real Estate Investor
Real estate investing is one of the fastest growing industries in the world today. Though to a substantial extent the global economic recession has hit the industry, the future looks bright and thus as a real estate investor, you stand to continue gaining in the long term. In fact, some wise sage said that in [...]
Rate of Our Adjustable Rate Mortgage Will be Adjusted Next Month
When we bought our house nearly five years ago, we chose a 5-year ARM (from Countrywide BTW) over a fixed rate because we didn’t plan to stay in this 3-bedroom townhouse for 5 years. So it made more sense to get an ARM, which was about 1% less than fixed 30-year mortgage, to save some [...]
Load up More Third Avenue Real Estate Value (TAREX)
One of the two funds in my mutual fund portfolio that I don’t buy regularly is Third Avenue Estate Value Fund (TAREX), though I have owned this fund for years (the other one is Tocqueville Gold (TGLDX), but I bought TGLDX more often). When I first bought TAREX, the initial minimum investment was something like [...]
Rare Buying Opportunity for Real Estate Investors
Last week, I posted a piece on investing in real estate through REIT. The following guest article is on the same topic and is written by Tom Kerr from MortgageLoan.com.
Savvy stock market professionals know that the best time to buy is when everyone else is selling. The same holds true for real estate investing. A [...]
Which Mortgage is Right for You and Why
MSN Monday today has an article on some common mortgages with brief discussions on which type of loan makes more sense under certain circumstance. The following are excerpts from article. I added the “What” section to give definitions of each loan type for easier read.
Buying for the long haul
Loan: 30-year fixed rate mortgage.
What: A 30-year [...]
