http://www.thereibrain.com Real Estate Investing For Real Life Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:52:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2021444http://www.feedburner.com We've been getting a ton of questions recently about getting financing for your real estate deals in todays tough financing market.  As you've seen, it's almost impossible for most investors to get conventional financing for investment properties... ... so over the next 2 weeks or so we're going to be ... http://www.thereibrain.com/private-money-blueprint-free-videos/92/ Savvy real estate investors are increasingly using video applications to promote their properties and investment businesses. Videos – whether simple online videos made up from individual photos or professional-shot HD videos – allow professionals to target Gen X and Gen Y customers and provide lots of marketing options as ... http://www.thereibrain.com/video-tips-for-real-estate-investors-tips-and-resources/91/ Recently some readers asked us about web based property management software ... in particular a program called Buildium. So, to continue our series of property management software reviews for you we created an in-depth review of Buildium software so you can see if it fits your rental property business or not. Check ... http://www.thereibrain.com/buildium-web-based-property-management-software-review/90/ Guest Post By Preston Ely ... a wholesaler out of Tampa, FL who is one of the top 5 "gurus" that we recommend over here at The REI Brain.  His free newsletter is full of great tips... and his ebook is the best $50 for people who want to learn ... http://www.thereibrain.com/how-to-make-15000-in-one-real-estate-assignment-fee/88/ 1) I know I have a maximum of 45 days from the day of closing on the sale escrow to identify my replacement property. How do I do this? The identification must be written, specific, and delivered to a qualified, unrelated third party. There are three options ... http://www.thereibrain.com/5-common-questions-about-the-timing-and-identification-requirements-of-a-1031-exchange/87/ ** This is the first article by 1031 Exchange expert Grant Conness.  Grant will be a consistent contributor to the REI Brain team.  If you have any specific questions about 1031 exchanges, shoot us an email through the contact form and we'll have Grant answer them on future articles.  Thanks! ... http://www.thereibrain.com/5-most-important-factors-when-considering-a-1031-exchange/86/ A couple weeks back we learned that Quicken put out a new version of their very popular Quicken Rental Property Manager.  The old version is Quicken Rental 2.5... which was a great, simple, low priced property management software... now gives way to a bit more feature heavy Quicken Rental ... http://www.thereibrain.com/review-of-quicken-rental-manager-2009/85/ The real estate investing form this week is one that is perfect for landlords to ensure that they keep their properties in good condition... and that tenants are charged correctly when they move out.   Every landlord should be using some sort of a "move in/move out" form or checklist... ... http://www.thereibrain.com/rental-property-move-inmove-out-checklist/84/ The real estate investing form this week is one that all real estate investors should be using in some shape or form.  This is just one example of the seller information form... I've seen many different formats out there... this one is very simple and gets pretty much all of ... http://www.thereibrain.com/real-estate-motivated-seller-information-form-for-real-estate-investors/83/ A huge question that almost all new real estate investors have is "How do I ifnd money for my real estate investing deals? ". And… ineveitbly the second question that new investors ask is "How do I find private money lenders and why would they want to lend money to ... http://www.thereibrain.com/getting-private-money-lenders-for-real-estate-deals/82/