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I really believe that a suitable real estate investor education is essentially priceless. New town houses initially offered at $259,000 are now recorded $210,000. With this it's as great idea to spend your holiday in Miami.

There are many ways to make money from home, but few that will provide you the significant cash flow and vast opportunities as real estate. There are many different ways to make money by investing in homes, land, apartment buildings, waterfront properties and commercial real estate. The list goes on and allows you to be as creative as you wish. Below are three examples of just how real estate can make money for you.

If you're making a loss on the rental return over time, you'll also lose money unless you can sell that home in the future at a price that is sufficiently higher than the purchase price to cover the rental losses and make some return on capital.

Simple stuff. But hard to achieve, even in the best of times. When the market is good, like it was up until a while ago, you made money if you we're a good real estate investor. If you chose well, bought well and tenanted the property well, you were in front.

I'm not saying that high volume REO deals don't go down. I'm just saying that the real estate investment opportunities scale is in the million dollar range rather than the billion dollar range. These bulk REO packages usually consist of a dozen or fewer properties, and they're not the norm. The typical REO bulk packages consist of only two or three properties, and yes, they are done by ordinary investors like you and me.

At the end of a quarter, banks report their earnings. The top brass are thinking about what kind of bonus they're going to get at the end of the year. These people do not want under-performing assets (like foreclosure properties) on their books. Knowing the quarterly reporting timeline, come to the bank officer you're closest to about a month ahead of time and let him or her know that you would be willing to take several under-performing assets off their hands and would like to look at what they have.

Do you have references? Ask to speak with one or two of the people they've partnered with before. If they've never partnered with anyone you could speak to present or past coworkers. I believe a good indication of how someone will handle themselves in their investments is how they handle themselves at work. If they were good decision makers and got along well with others at the office then there is a very good chance they will get along well and make good decisions on your deals.

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Let's say you want to start very modestly, and have $25,000 or $30,000 to invest. With your credit still intact you can purchase real estate previously valued at $150,000 or more as an investment. It could be a small commercial or rental property with an income stream. There are still lenders, even today, making conventional commercial loans.

Keep tab on the paper announcements : Property sell offs due to deaths, divorce settlements, speedy money requirements and other reason are frequently told in local papers. Keep track of such property investing avenues.

A recent Fannie Mae study revealed 54% of individuals surveyed want to purchase a house in 2011. Rental investment property WOn't qualify for Homestead exemptions, so if there is not, since the property is rental.