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Richmond Real Estate Investment 101

It could be a good time to invest in Richmond real estate or other area markets, given the amount of foreclosures and other distressed properties with reduced prices. It could also be a bad time to invest in real estate, if you don’t know what you are doing. That is the key. It’s a good time to invest, but it is difficult.

Now when you go out to invest you are competing with plenty of other offers. The investors are back. Just like buying a home to live in, taking the real estate investment plunge requires taking stock of your financial goals, planning and lifestyle before taking the plunge.  Pretty much like buying any property. If you’ve got the time, the money and the lifestyle that lends itself to managing a real estate investment, you are just about half way there.  However, both halves are pretty big halves. The National Real Estate Investors Association says you’ve still got a lot of work to do. Here’s how much…. Read the rest of this entry »