Clay Sparkman Well, if this isn’t good news, I don’t know what is: http://us.news-republic.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=1&articleid=9562167 It appears that now is the time to be investing in real estate and real estate loans. We finally have a turn-around market that might actually be *real* and might actually be steady. Let’s hope it keeps going this way. There […]
Real estate market general
Draw process for rehab and construction loans
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013Clay Sparkman We plan to do as many rehab and construction loans as we can this year. We see great potential in that area. Builders are under-building (by a substantial number of units, and going back 3+ years), and this is mostly because banks haven’t recovered to the point where they are comfortable doing construction […]
Investing in real estate (either directly or indirectly) in 2013: three articles you should read
Friday, February 1st, 2013Clay Sparkman On occasion, I try to publish links to articles that are relevant, useful, and interesting. Here are three articles which give useful perspective on the matter of investing in real estate in 2012—each from a different perspective. A money.cnn article on how to find real estate opportunities in 2013: http://money.cnn.com/2012/12/01/real_estate/housing-outlook-2013.moneymag/index.html Dailyresearchhunter.com on global […]
What to look for in 2013
Thursday, January 24th, 2013Clay Sparkman I rather enjoyed the following article in the www.thefiscaltimes.com (quite an impressive publication at first blush), and thought it would be a good one to share. “Ten Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2013” http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2012/12/06/10-Real-Estate-Trends-to-Watch-in-2013.aspx#page1 The article begins by noteing that “national home prices have been on the uptick for eight straight months,” […]
Good news for real estate markets: could this be the actual turn around we’ve been waiting for?
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012Clay Sparkman I posted this on my broker blog post recently. It is slightly dated, but the good news motors on. Let us celebrate the positives. (Yet, at the same time, let’s hope that we don’t go over a certain fiscal cliff, out of control and doing 90 mph. It will be interesting to see […]
I can climb; I just don’t want to fall again
Thursday, August 23rd, 2012Clay Sparkman I like what I’m seeing in the New York Times lately regarding real estate recovery. The following article was in yesterdays paper: Here It seems that they are convinced that recovery of the real estate markets is underway–though they also suggest that it is likely to be slow. I’m fine with that. I […]
Too good not to share
Monday, July 2nd, 2012Clay Sparkman I figured this was too good not to share. After all, when The New York Times speaks … http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/business/economy/new-indications-housing-recovery-is-under-way.html I’ll try to get back to posting more frequently. I’ve been a bit at a loss as to what to post lately. If anyone has anything they’d like to know more about, please let […]
Another good piece of data for real estate markets in the PNW
Friday, February 3rd, 2012Clay Sparkman This from a recent article in The Puget Sound Business Journal: “Sales of larger apartment buildings in King County are on the upswing, setting a record average price per square foot in 2011, according to data supplied by Dupre + Scott Apartment Advisors Inc. Investors last year paid an average price of $136,509 […]
Better times are coming in real estate markets and here’s why
Saturday, October 29th, 2011This Guest post by Jeff Lindikoff I hope you are enjoying the beautiful fall weather. It is certainly my favorite time of the year and good things are on the horizon for Real Estate Investors. We have been saying for most of this year that with an election year coming up, the government will make […]
A good time for private money investing (or so we think)
Monday, September 19th, 2011Clay Sparkman We’ve been getting quite a few calls from new investors lately who are interested in investing in trust deed secured loans. This makes a certain amount of sense to me, as a number of factors are lining up to enhance the attractiveness of this type of investing. The factors I have in mind […]
