This afternoon I'm going out to see 3 different properties that are acquisition targets for me. I have no idea how any of the properties will turn out, but I've got to tell you this: It was easy to find good properties in good locations with creative financing. In fact, all I did to find these 3 opportunities was to Read full article »
Archives for August, 2008
A Day In The Trenches
category: Uncategorized
The Real Estate Market Is Improving – Or Worsening – Or (Whatever)…
If you listen to the news media, there's no real way to know what's going on in the real estate market. For example, today's news includes both of these headlines: "New Home Sales Climb As Discounts Attract Buyers" "Housing Prices Fall At Record Pace" These headlines aren't contradictory, but certainly convey opposite tones. You'll find it interesting to take just a minute to Read full article »
category: Real Estate News
Jesse Jackson Extorts Money From Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac
Jesse Jackson has long been in the business of extortion to collect money for his pet company "Rainbow/PUSH Coalition". His normal mode of operation is to threaten companies with organized boycotts against the company's products/services until the company makes a substantial "contribution" to Rainbow/PUSH. This is extortion, and I believe Jesse Jackson is a criminal. He has single handedly Read full article »
category: Real Estate News
tags: 12 Months, Boycotts, Citizenship, Educational Conference, Extortion, Fannie Mae, Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac, Freddie Mac, Jesse Jackson, Massive Losses, Pet Company, Prey, Principle, Race Relations, Racial Discrimination, Rainbow Push Coalition, Shareholders, Substantial Contribution, Tendencies, Willingness, Wit
Robert Kiyosaki – “Guru” Or Huckster?
Robert Kiyosaki has become very famous, largely as a result of the success of his book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. I'll admit that when I read that book, it was like a light turned on for me. The notion of using real estate as a "passive wealth builder" was something I'd always heard of, but for some reason Read full article »
category: Uncategorized
PROOF – Why You Should Join The FREE Instant Internet Domination Webinar
On Thursday at 9:00 PM ET, I'm teaching the Instant Internet Domination Webinar (yes, it's 100% free). It's designed to help real estate investors dominate the internet generally and Google specifically. Don't believe that Google can be dominated instantly? I'll prove it to you right now - watch this short video: If you weren't able to watch the Read full article »
category: Main Content
The Politics of Real Estate
Few industries are as profoundly impacted by the political machinations in Washington as the real estate industry. Whether it's old legislation like Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act or Barack Obama's massive mortgage bailouts, the U.S. political machine has a huge impact (usually bad) on the business of real estate.
Ideally, we could ignore politics. But here at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter, we insist on seeing the world with clarity - including the reality of Washington's aggressive involvement in every facet of our business, from mortgage lending to real estate sales license; from loan modification regulations to appraisal requirements... every piece of our business is profoundly impacted by politics. So rather than stick our heads in the sand and ignore reality, readers of the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter choose to be informed and prepared.
Mortgage Industry News
Few things change more rapidly than the mortgage market, and with the increasing dominance of GSE's Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over the mortgage business, it's more important than ever to keep up. Here are a few recent mortgage news updates:
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Mortgage News
- HAMP Success Tally Slowly Growing
- Western States Working Through Foreclosure Backlog Quicker than Eastern
- Biggest Down Payments in the Country Found in New Jersey
- President Bypasses Congress, Appoints Director of the Consumer Protection Bureau
- Federal Reserve Recommends Expanding GSEs to Turn Housing Market Around
- Mortgage Rates Likely to Remain Low for a While Longer
- Top Former FDIC, Wells Fargo Execs Say Fannie and Freddie Must Go
- FHA Continues to Extend Anti-Flipping Waiver
- More Homeowners Using Delaying Tactics to Slow Down Foreclosures
- Now that It’s Passed: The True Cost of the Payroll Tax Cut
About Bryan Ellis
Bryan Ellis is an Atlanta-based real estate analyst and publisher of the widely read newsletter "The Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter". With over 200,000 subscribers - including real estate investors, agents, brokers, appraisers and other real estate professionals - the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter is among America's largest sources of unbiased coverage of politics and public policy for the real estate industry.
Bryan Ellis serves as editor in chief for the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter and is assisted by an extraordinary staff of writers, researchers and editors who are each real estate experts in their own right and who assure that the news we report is well researched, factual, and highly relevant to today's real estate industry.
Bryan is very happily married and has two wonderful daughters. He makes his home in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. You can contact the team at the Bryan Ellis Real Estate Letter here.