http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog York Street Properties Blog Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:18:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Sales for existing homes rose again in July by 7.2% from a month earlier.  The US is on track to transact on 5.2million homes.  This single monthly increase was the larges since 1999 and marked the fourth monthly rise IN A ROW.  This last stat is one I find particularly ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2009/09/real-estate-rising/ FUNDAMENTALS  One question I always ask myself when I am purchasing a piece of property is “would I be happy (cash flow) owning this property over the next 30 years? ”.  I get the question all the time (particularly in this environment) about value.  Specifically the movement or variance in ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2009/04/long-game-value/ I'll be on the airwaves again this coming Sunday, January 25 at 6:00PM CST and I must admit I'm rather excited about it. This time around I'll be a talking with Juli Doty who, through her amazing thirst for knowledge and self improvement, made herself into one of the foremost ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2009/01/real-estate-real-advice-with-juli-doty/ Last Wednesday  I was fortunate enough to be featured on The Maxon Show over at Utah's KTALK AM 630. Host, Mark Maxon was an absolute pleasure to speak with. The man is as passionately idealistic as he is straightforwardly realistic. Add that to an over 3 decade long sales career ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2009/01/real-estate-on-radio/ Poppoff with Mary Jane Popp is a fast-paced, magazine radio show heard on KAHI AM 950. It is dedicated to keeping their listeners on the cutting edge of today's hot button issues. Poppoff says what it does and does what it says. The show, much like its charming host, is ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/12/poppoff-about-real-estate-with-mary-jane-popp/ 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.  ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/11/talking-about-opportunities-with-sam-bushman-of-real-estate-in-focus/ 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. ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/11/decline-in-housing-starts-good-news-or-bad-news/ When most people think of making money through real estate investments, they usually think of purchasing property under market value, slapping on a new coat of paint, adding a picket fence and then selling it above market value as quickly as possible or simply put, the fix and flip. The ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/11/buy-and-hold-or-fix-and-flip/ 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. ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/11/39/ I think there's a growing misconception that it's a bad idea to invest in real estate right now. What happens is people read the newspapers or turn on the television and they get all these numbers, about how foreclosure rates have risen and how property values continue to plummet all ... http://www.yorkstreetproperties.com/blog/2008/11/why/