We buy houses, Sell your house fast!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-236066662024-03-12T20:41:07.843-07:00We buy houses, Sell your house fast!This blog is dedicated to our struggles to start our own real estate investing company. It is called house2homelv. What we do is buy fixer upper houses from people that need to sell their house fast (also known as ugly houses). Then we will fix up and sell the house as fast as we can. Follow along and laugh or learn from our mistakes.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-85027103704144587822009-01-16T10:05:00.001-08:002009-01-16T10:08:31.963-08:00Stop Foreclosure FAQ's

Q. What is a foreclosure?A. When a borrower (home owner) has been unable to make payments on his mortgage loan, the lender may determine the loan has is in default and will proceed with legal action to take control of the property. Any equity the homeowner may have realized in the home is lost, and the homeowner may have to vacate the premises. Laws on the amount of time a homeowner has before a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1149200378273409892006-06-01T15:01:00.000-07:002007-03-21T10:53:40.853-07:00How to invest in real estate with no money

The world of being a bird dogThis is one way to get in to real estate investing without any money and you will get paid 2 different ways. Bird dogs make money by finding deals and by getting a free education.What do bird dogs do?Bird dogs go out and find good deals for investors and turn over this information for a fee. They are not involved in the actual transaction at all, once they find a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1145490053349421412006-04-19T16:40:00.000-07:002006-06-20T00:26:39.000-07:00Remodel ourselves, or hire contractor?

To pay or not to pay a contractor? This is something that we struggle with constantly. We have the know how and experience to do all of the remodeling work on our flips. But is the best use of our time? We like to do the work on our own houses, but this is a business and we have to make decisions that benefit the bottom line not what we "like" to do. Here are some of the pros and cons that we

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1143678184534440992006-03-29T16:22:00.001-08:002006-05-31T17:38:12.456-07:00Real estate bubble?

What is the real estate bubble?This is a theory that the value of houses has gone up or inflated too much too fast and that houses are not really worth what people are paying for them. Real estate markets get saturated with buyers when they are hot and house prices go up per supply and demand. These buyers are a mixture of prospective homeowners and investors.Will the real estate bubble burst?

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1143678151309480892006-03-29T16:22:00.000-08:002006-07-31T10:32:09.586-07:00Las Vegas real estate market

The Las Vegas market is cooling offIn 2004-2005 Las Vegas was one of the hottest real estate and investing markets in the country. House values were appreciating through the roof and homes that were for sale were getting multiple offers that were higher than the asking price.Buyers marketThings have changed. We are now in more of a buyers market that has people speculating that the bubble has

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1143593353963235022006-03-28T16:20:00.000-08:002006-07-31T10:31:26.813-07:00Buying houses for no money down.

Buy real estate with no money!You probably have seen the late night infomercials, with a slick salesman talking to you from his mansion about zero down investing. I have seen people spend a ton of money on these programs and courses that promise riches overnight, but the only person that gets rich is the one selling this so called information.Can you buy real esate without money?Absolutely, but

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1143180815376861102006-03-23T21:19:00.000-08:002006-04-19T16:41:59.380-07:00How to protect yourself against a bad flip.

We all know that there are people out there that are not honest. Flippers and investors are no different. As a potential house buyer, you need to keep an eye out and protect yourself. This is a true statement whether you are looking at a house that is for sale by an investor as well as a non-investor. Here are some tips that we suggest you keep in mind when buying any house.Get an appraisal :

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1142571411691236342006-03-16T20:06:00.000-08:002006-04-13T12:11:31.253-07:00Is flipping houses illegal?

Is flipping houses illegal?In a word, NO! Can you flip houses illegally? Sure, but this can be said of most professions (Enron?). There are people that will do anything to make a quick buck, even if it requires breaking the law. First of all, flipping and rehabbing are actually two different methods of investing in real estate, even though you will hear otherwise. Rehabbing houses is the process

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1142393814117644252006-03-14T19:36:00.000-08:002006-04-19T18:50:22.900-07:00How we plan to leverage other people's money

We understand that investing in real estate is a gamble, so we are going to try and gamble with other people's money as much as possible. This is referred to as leveraging other people's money. An example of this is: you buy a house with 5% down and finance the rest of the purchase price. The 5% down payment is your investment (plus closing and holding costs). This means that you will have to

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1141928994881895452006-03-09T09:57:00.000-08:002006-05-22T07:02:37.066-07:00Home equity line of credit, hard money or investor loan?

In this post we will cover the explanation of the 3 different loans that we are looking at and how we are planning to use them.Home Equity Lines of CreditHome Equity Loans are also known as a heloc. You will need to go to a mortgage broker for this type of loan. This is a loan that is secured by the equity in a house that you own. Equity is the difference in how much money you owe on a house and

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1141846217959114262006-03-08T10:14:00.000-08:002006-03-08T12:48:15.746-08:00So, you want to join the We Buy Houses crowd?

This is how it all got started for us....We were living in a decent house that we had bought for a good price. We had the opportunity to buy a brand new house in a new part of Las vegas. The monthly payment was even the same, but the house would be 10 years newer and 600 square feet bigger! So oviously we jumped on this chance and signed papers in May of 05. Our house would be completed in

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23606666.post-1141765897084780632006-03-07T13:06:00.000-08:002006-04-13T12:05:28.396-07:00Our quest to buy houses begins.

Welcome to House2HomeLV!As you can tell we are a new investing company, that is working towards buying and selling houses in Las Vegas. We are going to document here how we are doing it and hopefully help some people out along the way.We are working on the posts to get everyone caught up to where we are today. Right now we are getting all of our loans and financing in place. Getting investor

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