USA Property

What Kind of House Can I Get in Florida for under $140,000?

Are you sitting down?  Good, because $140,000 buys a lot of house these days in west central Florida. Click here to see what I mean! Now, keep in mind this house will only rent for about $1,000 a month, so the cash flow situation for an investment property would not be very exciting.  But, if […]

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Short Sale – Say What?

My visit to the USA has been very educational.  I’m learning new terms; new concepts.  Especially when it comes to real estate.  One especially common term these days is “short sale.” So, what is a short sale?  What’s it all about?  Well, let’s listen in on a compilation of conversations I’ve had over the past […]

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Our First Rental Property

Setting: It’s early 1993 and I’m a newly commissioned civilian. Still working at the Base (Wright-Patterson) as an engineer in virtually the same position I had while in the Air Force. I want to buy a house. But, housing prices seem high in Dayton, Ohio. We start to look at alternatives. We get a little […]

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The Beginning – My First Property Investment

My first real estate investment was an acre of land in Florida. This is how I got started. Here’s the story .. Want to go to Florida for the Weekend? “Hey, Dave! We’re going to Florida this weekend. Wanna go?” my Mom half jokingly yelled out. I had just arrived home on military leave and […]

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