Given today’s market, what is the best investment strategy for a new real estate investor in Saint Louis?

February 4th, 2010

In investment real estate, there are three basic ways to invest residentially. 

You can wholesale a property to another investor. 
You can rehab a property and sell it to a retail buyer.
You can buy and hold onto a property as a rental.

My last blog goes into detail about state of the Saint Louis real estate market. Because [...]

State of Saint Louis housing market

January 27th, 2010

Lately I have been talking to many Saint Louis real estate professionals and lenders.  I respect these people and their opinions, and the general consensus is that we have entered into a stable market.   Many are also hopeful for the future.  I am as well.
I tend to agree with them on the future and that [...]

RESPA (Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act)

January 25th, 2010

The lending environment since the subprime mess has been rapidily changing. The latest changes are to something called the Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act, and began to take place on January 1st, 2010.
This act should prove to be a good thing for Saint Louis home buyers.  Loan originators are now being required to clearly [...]

NO more seasoning for FHA BUYERS

January 21st, 2010

Selling your house fast in Saint Louis just got easier!
As of January 15th, 2010, the FHA (federal housing administration) has decided to waive its 90 day seasoning requirement.
This requirment made it more difficult for all homeowners to sell their houses and not just rehabbers.  Although the requirement only directly affected rehabbers (because investors 99.9% of [...]

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January 20th, 2010

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sell my house fast, tip #5 for saint louis homeowners

January 8th, 2010

5th sell my house fast tip: contact STL Real Estate!

As our last sell my house fast tip highlighted on, gone are the days of throwing out a sign in your yard, and sitting back waiting for the buyers to come to you.  They may never return due to high gas prices and the internet.
The fact [...]

Sell My House Fast, Tip #4 for Saint Louis Homeowners

December 31st, 2009

STL Real Estate’s 4th tip: know where your buyers start their search.  This tip is very closely related to our first sell my house fast in St. Louis tip. 
So the first step is to figure out who your target buyer is (explained in more depth in the first sell my house fast tip).  Once you [...]

Sell My House Fast, Tip #3 for motivated sellers

December 22nd, 2009

For simplicity’s sake, let’s say that you are a motivated seller and you need to sell your house in less than 3 weeks. 
So, the question on your mind is, I must sell my house now,
What is the best way to do it?  How do I sell my house quickly and prevent my situation from being [...]

Sell my house fast in Saint Louis

December 21st, 2009

STL Real Estate has just added pages to its website to help Saint Louis homeowners get an idea of how many properties are currently on the market compared to how many properties have recently sold. 
The areas that we have covered so far are:
Affton, 63123
Ballwin, 63011, 63022, 63024
Brentwood, 63144
Chesterfield, 63005, 63006, 63017
Clayton, 63105, 63124
Crestwood and Lindbergh, [...]

Sell my house fast in Saint Louis Missouri by contacting STL Real Estate.

December 14th, 2009

We are a ‘we buy houses’ company that can purchase your house incredibly fast for cash.  We can buy your house very quickly if you need us to.  and have bought houses in less than 5 days before. 
This is a great service for Saint Louis homeowners that are searching to ’sell my house fast’ and it is [...]