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Rental property investments require cash, but much more valuable landlording skills

Given the current housing recovery, the investment segment’s price boosts, the still relatively low cost of investment rental homes and hot demand from housing consumers who can’t buy, investment rental deals should pencil out – in theory.

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Vacation rental owners cashing in on Austin’s 2013 SXSW

The impending influx of South by Southwest Music Conference and Festival (SXSW) visitors will give the Austin, TX vacation home rental market a big boost this spring. An estimated

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Looking for love in all the right places

If your journey for love is on its last legs and being on the make has been so unproductive that you're moved to leave town to hook up,

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Tips for first-time landlords

You can't or don't want to sell your existing home. You can move to another home for less than the income you could get for renting your home.

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NAR: The Digital House Hunt

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - The National Association of Realtors, in conjunction with Google.com, recently released "The Digital House Hunt: Consumer and Market Trends in Real Estate" to

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California Homeowner Bill of Rights effective Jan. 1, 2013

New consumer protections for California homeowners are effective Jan. 1 2013. The California Homeowner Bill of Rights (CHBR), extends key mortgage and foreclosure protections to California homeowners and

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Infographic: How to rent your existing home to cover an underwater mortgage

Homeowners stuck with a mortgage larger than the value of their home, can cash in on rising rents by renting out their existing home to move up, down

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Infographic: Buying a new home vs. a used home, a new home vs. renting

Consider purchasing a home and the choice between buying a newly built home or buying an existing home inevitably arises. In a potentially self-serving infographic, Schumacher Homes' data leans

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Infographic: Renting three times as expensive as owning in many metros

It's easier to land a rental home than a mortgage to buy one, but monthly rent is three times as expensive as the monthly cost of home ownership

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Too few homes, too many buyers stunting growth in Monterey County housing market

Scant inventories are driving up home prices in Monterey County's recovering housing market, as investors snatch up what's available and leave the leftovers to traditional home buyers. Still, with

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Real estate investments struggle, fail without strong renters

Without great property management you won’t have great tenants. And great tenants are the key to a successful real estate investment. Rental property sales are ripe and on the

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First-time real estate investment strategy

If you don't have prior experience investing in a rental property, you'll need to start by asking yourself a few key questions. JIM LOWENSTERN - With home ownership more

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Multi-family boom poised to lead homeownership rebound

The American Dream of homeownership may be comatose, but it is not dead, and the wake-up call will come in the form of higher rents. DAVID SHULMAN, UCLA -

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SF Bay Area ‘Rents Gone Wild’

It's obscene. The annual cost of rent in Silicon Valley has risen an average $9,000 over the past 18 months. Since January 2011, the nine county San Francisco Bay

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Infographic: Mashup offers insight on landlord, tenant wants, needs, gripes, issues

What renters want. The most annoying rule in rental living. The most common complaint landlords hear. How likely you are to get evicted. There's no particular single theme to

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Infographic: Rent-vs-buy decision more than the cost of housing

Rents are skyrocketing and if you are considering moving out from your parents home, moving over from homeownership or just changing rental housing, get a move on. Of the

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SILVAR: Consumer alert on fraudulent rental advertisements

SILICON VALLEY ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS - The Silicon Valley Association of Realtors (SILVAR), the local trade association representing over 4,000 members engaged in the real estate business on

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San Jose outdoor smoking ban extended to patios, waiting lines, condo commons

NEIGHBORWEBSJ - This summer, smokers enjoying a cup of coffee or a cocktail at a restaurant outdoor patio will not legally be able to light up. Patio smoking will

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Rents’ pedal to the metal

LAWRENCE YUN - By now most are aware of the rising rent phenomenon. Our survey indicated only a sliver of the market will see falling rents, with a vast

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Do you really want your bank to be your landlord?

Remember way back when banks wanted to sell homes? It gave new meaning to "Be careful what you wish for." The conventional real estate industry was right to oppose it,

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