Flip or Flop Vegas with Marunde

Flip or Flop Vegas is a very popular HDTV show. It’s almost surprising how many people from all walks of life across America are passionate fans of these house flipping shows. Flip or Flop Vegas is the last edition of young couples buying trashed houses, remodeling them, and then flipping them to buyers in the shortest

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How to Get Wealthy in a Recession Like This

“How to Get Wealthy in a Recession Like This” sounds like some kind of get-rich-quick scheme or a real estate con like so many out there, but what I write about today is very real and is actually being done right now by my clients, family, friends, and acquaintances.  The stories I share are true

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Real Estate Investing in Sequim and Port Angeles

There’s a huge danger right now in real estate investing.  A gentleman from out of town asked me to take a look at his investment today.  He described it as a five acre parcel, and I subsequently learned there was a house on the property that burned down.  Part was still standing, and he told

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The Perfect Storm

The uncertainties in the real estate market are part of a much bigger picture of concern for most Americans.   This has to be one of the most interesting, uncertain, and scary economic times we have lived in for a couple of decades.   Millions of Americans are looking for answers to difficult questions, such

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Real Estate or the Stock Market?

Where should your money be parked in tough economic times?   Should you be in real estate or in the stock market?   In the news today Wachovia Corp. reported a record quarterly loss of $8.9 billion, slashed dividends and announced 6,350 job cuts. The stock fell 12 percent in early New York trading in

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Real Estate Still a Great Investment

Almost daily I see articles in newspapers around the country about more scandals, another stock brokerage, financial services provider, or mutual fund paying some extraordinary penalty or huge settlement for fraud, misrepresentation, or some other criminal violations. The Wall Street Journal reported on August 29, 2006 [1] serious problems at Ameriprise, formerly known as American

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Financial Trouble in Real Estate?

Some Sequim real estate and Port Angeles real estate owners are looking at serious financial trouble on the horizon. Many property owners refinanced not once but several times in the past five years as the mortgage industry reduced rates and standards. Lower rates created the motivation to not only lower the monthly payment on a

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Real Estate v. Stock as an Investment

If you do a search on the Internet, you will discover that the majority of articles argue that stocks have smashed real estate as a long-term investment. They will quote statistics by various companies which are totally focused on stocks. The bias is blatant. While there clearly are years in which stocks have out performed

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