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Last Saturday, I had the pleasure of talking with Sam Bushman on his new radio show, Real Estate in Focus. Sam grew up in the real estate industry, pretty much like I did.  His father was a general contractor and Sam spent his childhood summers hauling plywood to the rooftops.  He’s been a real estate [...]

The latest report on new residential construction was released by the Commerce Department yesterday and it that housing starts and permits dropped 4.5% bringing new construction to it’s lowest level since 1959. Building permits, an indicator of future construction, also fell sharply, by 12%, to a record low of 708,000 annualized units. Permits for single-family homes, considered by [...]

I came across another good reason why investing in real estate might be a really good idea right now. For the past couple of days an article entitled Dems Target Private Retirement Accounts has been circulating around the web and has actually managed to get quite a few people worried. The title alone is already [...]

Deal or No Deal: The High Stakes Game for Reunion Arena 
DALLAS, TX (2008-08-04)  Reunion Arena in downtown Dallas sits dark, waiting for the wrecking ball. What happens next to that valuable piece of property could sound like an episode of the television show Dallas a world where a rich oilman called the shots. KERA’s BJ [...]

Lance Puig, Yorkstreet Properties Inc.
The private mortgage lending arena is now more than ever set to experience dramatic growth. During the next two years I expect private mortgage lending to continue to trend upwards at an unprecedented rate. This is due to favorable market factors that currently exist, including a general lack of available funds [...]

Have you ever wondered if PMI (private mortgage insurance) was a better deal than a ‘piggyback mortgage’?  The easy answer, assuming interest rates do not go up, is that a piggyback mortgage is the better deal (not by much, but enough to justify the extra hassle).  If rates go higher, or Congress allows tax deductions [...]