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A story of adaptation: or how to survive and succeed in a challenging real estate market

Sunday, November 7th, 2010

Guest post by Matthew Whitaker, Managing Member of Magnolia Partners, LLC and Golden Key, LLC

In December of 2007 we were faced with a decision.  After three years of successfully flipping properties to low and moderate income buyers, we awoke one day with no buyers and no plan to find new ones.  Our dilemma [...]

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Less Grumbly – A Follow-up to ‘grumblings of a slum lord in the post-bust environment’

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

This Guest post by Brian Blum, Operating Manager of Maverick Structures LLC,
is  a follow up to an earlier post
Sure, we each have “teams” of lawyers, Realtors, title agencies, finance people, insurance agents, and contractors working with us, but don’t kid yourself – real estate investing is largely an individual sport.  Many investors have neither receptionists [...]

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Grumblings of a slum lord in the post-bust environment

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Guest post by Brian Blum, Operating Manager, Maverick Structures LLC
I’m a real estate investor.  I see opportunities in buildings – and in numbers, and I use those opportunities to create income and equity.  What I do benefits society, but I’m not going to lie to you – I am driven to do it for my [...]

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