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Great Real Estate Opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Great Real Estate Opportunities for High Net Worth Individuals

People are becoming more conscious about building their assets and wealth in many ways. This is a gradual process which happens through moderate living and aggressive saving. Becoming a high net worth individual cannot happen overnight. It requires a great amount of patience, discipline, vision and ambition to become a high net worth individual. Investing wisely and disciplining one’s expenditures is what will make you a net worth individual in time to come, depending on how long ago you started.


The opportunities are plenty to make you a net worth individual. They cover financial investments like stocks and bonds, tax saving opportunities through insurances and loans or mortgages, real estates and regular savings. The most attractive scheme today in the market is real estate and if you are ambitious, you will look for the right opportunities in the right directions. With finances at a general high, people are taking advantage of selling their properties at better profits. They then consider reinvestment in real estate to circulate their money. People find this one of the safer ways of investing rather than in stocks and bonds where investments are subject to market fluctuations.


Moreover, real estate helps recover some of the losses suffered in stock market depreciations. What is the kind of real estate high net worth individuals are targeting? They prefer to locate and identify those properties which they tend to visit regularly or where they stay and can keep track of the property. Some of these properties span places like Las Vegas, Atlanta and Miami which are frequented by holiday visitors. Other places are the warmer regions of Southern California and Arizona. Being close in proximity to such areas helps investors to include the expenses of these visits as business expenses.


Today, along with the old time investors there are fresh investors who find investing into real estate worthwhile. There is one fact however; the new investors have rather unrealistic expectations as far as returns are concerned. Not being familiar with the real estate market trends investors tend to raise their return expectations much higher than expected. This becomes challenging and difficult to handle in view of the current stock market performance.


It is expected that real estate will open up a flood of new trends in the market by way of net lease. With the expected recovery in world economy, there would be new products in the market with developers going in for single tenant lease opportunities. This would attract more buyers and investors. As of now there are a considerable number of markets which are small, but hope to flourish soon as investor attractions.


The Internal Revenue Service has permitted purchase of new property before sale of existing property, which shows a rise in transactions bringing in the smaller players into the field of real estates. As a matter of fact the value of transactions is no longer small as compared to those dealt in earlier. The IRS guidelines show how the different transactions are to be treated for tax purposes. At the moment, investors prefer to go in for simple transactions, but with time it could change.

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Apple Valley California Vacant Land and Commercial Real Estate Opportunities

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010

Apple Valley California Vacant Land and Commercial Real Estate Opportunities

As the real estate property values continue to hold at the low end of the investment scale, the small home town appeal of the town of Apple Valley California in combination with its close proximity to the Interstates and regional tourists areas make it a lucrative prospect to the real estate investor who is seeking out commercial property or vacant land for new construction.

Since there is so much property on the market which is either in foreclosure or subject to short sale approval by the mortgage company, it is advisable that anyone wishing to purchase real estate of any kind, in the current market, associate themselves with a licensed real estate agent who is familiar with the desired geographic area. A real estate agent will help navigate the potential buyer through the stipulations associated with purchasing a foreclosed property.

If desiring to purchase commercial real estate, including a building, considerations must be made for the current zoning rules and whether the building is up to code. Generally, foreclosed properties will be sold “as is”, meaning that the seller has no responsibility to bring the property up to the codes required for occupancy. While a potential purchase may seem like a great deal, the real estate agent will be able to determine, based on local contractors and availability of materials, what the overall cost to the purchaser will be after bringing the building and surrounding property up to code. This is where the use of a commercial real estate agent is invaluable. The real estate agent specializing in commercial properties will be able to ascertain real values for the investment, including potential lease rates and likelihood of 100% tenancy in a given area.

Apple Valley has grown in the last two years to include new construction of four retail strip malls and several large national department stores including Wal-Mart, Costco and Target. Furthermore, Apple Valley is now also home to a Lowe’s and a Home Depot location to accommodate the large amount of new construction in the region’s commercial market. As the area is obviously receptive to certain types of commercial ventures, it is worth some investigation to see if your business will fit into a well established community.

If desiring to purchase vacant land as an investment or for construction purposes in Apple Valley, California, it is important to know whether the property you are considering is zoned for commercial or residential construction. Again, your agent will be well versed in the particulars of the potential transaction, and will be able to guide you to available properties that fulfill the criteria you outline. This will save you valuable time, as the market is beginning to indicate that it has bottomed out and the property values may begin to increase in the near future. If you have been on the fence with the idea of purchasing vacant land, the time to act may be right now. Check with a local agent for the specifics, and an outlook for the timeframe of your potential investment.

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California, Technology, and Potential Real Estate Opportunities

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

California, Technology, and Potential Real Estate Opportunities

As we head into 2009, foreclosures are reaching their highest levels in decades. According to a recent Fortune Magazine article I read, the Los Angeles housing market is expected to decline another 25% in 2009. And only a couple of markets in California are expected to show positive gains in 2010. What does all of this mean? I believe it means we are on  the front end of seeing some great opportunities for real estate investments. As prices continue to fall we will see a continued increase in foreclosures, with California leading the way. The California housing market tends to lead the rest of the country anywhere from 12 to 18 months in advance. And with the California market at least expected to stabilize if not show some positive signs in 2010, the rest of the country could hopefully see the same in 2011 and 2012.
If you’re looking for a way to find great deals in residential real estate, you’re in luck. With the amount of information published online and almost in real time, the real estate game has changed. Anyone with an internet connection has access to thousands of distressed property listings at any given time. For example, Williams & Williams auctioneers allow you to invest not only on site, but they offer a number of “online only” auctions. This means you could be bidding against people from all over the world. This may not sound to exciting considering today’s technological achievements, but when you put in context of the real estate markets, think of the last significant downturn, say 1992. Al Gore was only in the beginning stages of inventing the Internet. Good job Al.
Back in those days you not only had to be present at the auction, but think about how you would have examined the market place. Sure, a call to a local real estate agent would help, but think about how difficult it would be to find past sale information, estimated values (such as Zillow.com), liens against the property, property taxes, even a map. In today’s real estate market, using only the internet, you can probably find 95% of this information in a matter of minutes. The real estate landscape has changed significantly, and unless you are armed with the tools to not only access information quickly, but make decisions quickly, there are hundreds of others out there that you will be competing against. And they don’t even need to be located in your real estate market.
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Real Estate Market Changes Bring New Opportunities for Investors to Make Big Money!

Sunday, July 25th, 2010

Real Estate Market Changes Bring New Opportunities for Investors to Make Big Money!

Consumers are seeing the end of the ever increase real estate values with year over year double digit gains. This new market seems to have signaled the end of the housing boom. The foreclosure rate is now skyrocketing to the highest levels seen in a decade. There is bad news everywhere or at least this is so for many who stretched beyond their financial means. But not everybody will suffer. For those with cash, real estate buying opportunities are plentiful and the margins below market pricing that they can purchase the property are getting bigger and better. There are several sources investors can turn to for bargain basement deals. In almost any multiple listing service, banks are marketing foreclosure properties (real estate owned) for 3% to 5 % below market prices in most Orange County California markets. In other areas of the country such as North Carolina, banks may be discounting as much as 10% off market pricing. In Colorado, builders are having such a hard time moving inventory that they have slashed prices and are offering incentives. In these markets, you may be able to buy a brand new home in rent ready condition with break even on cash flow for as little as 20% down. The builder may even guarantee you rent for x number of months or find a tenant for you. Such is the case in many Florida communities where prime golf course property can be purchased for a similar deal. Short sales are abundant in the California marketplace, but the banks are so swamped with the onslaught of problem loans that it is often months before they get back to you. (A short sale is when the bank agrees to accept less than the outstanding loan on the property.) Tax sales can prove profitable, but there is a lot of competition at these auctions for very few properties. Most California counties hold tax sales a minimum of 2 times per year and auction the property off for the unpaid taxes due on the property. Properties typically go to sale after 4 years of unpaid taxes.

Trustee sales may be your best bet to make serious cash. I have attended many Trustee sales and have seen incredible properties sold at margins sometimes 20% or 30% below market. These are lucrative deals and you can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars purchasing these properties. Buyer beware, you must do your homework prior to bidding as not all liens are wiped out in this type of auction. Property taxes, IRS liens, special assessments, and Hoa dues may all be payable and you may still have fix up costs. But at margins like this, if you do your homework, it will pay off.

So if you are an investor, now is the time. The mother of all deals may just be around the corner and it was once said “fortune favors the prepared mind.” Perhaps they should have said fortune favors the prepared wallet. For investors with cash that like to buy heavily discounted properties, this may be the time you have been waiting for. Ready your cash and keep your eyes wide open.

The author John Daniel is a licensed real estate broker and investor in Orange County California

The author John Daniel is a licensed Real Estate Broker and investor in Orange County California. He is an experienced realtor that specializes in South Orange County residential homes and Orange County investment real estate. Find more information at: http://www.jdanielrealty.com

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