David Reinholtz's (loanofficerschool) Blog

This article is about flipping short sale properties, and the parameters associated with this are much different than other types of property sales and investment and should not be assumed to apply to other, more traditional forms of sales. Short sales, as most people are now aware, occur when a...

The past two years have been brutal for the real estate market around the country. No region has been spared. Not New York, not Washington, and certainly not California. Homes have lost incredible value from their peaks and homeowners are continuing to struggle mightily to keep their homes out o...

In the real estate industry, it would stand to reason that people would think that it's the agents' job to help clients find the perfect home and that mortgage brokers should only be invested in helping them find the right financing for that dream home. Yet how many of us have heard the stories ...

Businesses are looking to the future with a sense of urgency, attempting to figure out the best ways to turn profits and, at the same time, eliminate some of the overhead costs of doing business. It's a Catch-22 for most companies today and one that will mean both limitations, and opportunities,...

Average home prices in the second quarter of 2010 have shown that across the board, and across the country, on average, home prices are trending higher. Of course, there is reason to feel optimistic, and many reasons to hope for that level of optimism, but before jumping on the proverbial wagon a...

It’s easy to assume that since the current housing market is indeed a buyer’s market, then these buyers would be crawling out of the woodwork, seeking every opportunity to invest, to buy up real estate, and to add to their own personal wealth. Yet even with mortgage rates at all-time lows and hom...

For years, many people looked to their monthly expenses –and more acutely, their rent- as wasted money. These people had a difficult time justifying spending one thousand dollars a month, and oftentimes more, on rent when they could be spending that money on a mortgage and working toward fully ow...

Think you can make money if you teach clients how to negotiate? It may sound counter-intuitive for a businessman or woman to instruct their clients on the art of negotiation, but think about this for a moment: if you offer insights and strategies that will help your clients get the best deal fro...

Millions of homeowners have faced the prospect of foreclosure in recent years. In fact, the crisis of foreclosure became one of the most significant in United States history and while many people had assumed that the depth of the crisis had passed, the truth has been less than ideal as millions ...

Now that the tax credit for new homebuyers has come to an end, people from all walks of life, from potential homebuyers to mortgage brokers to real estate agents are asking the same question: now what? This isn't an easy answer to give for so many different realms of the industry and people. Aft...