RealtyTrac is reporting that foreclosure activity inMemphis is up four straight months and even though some in Memphis are disputing that, the trends we are seeing follow the reporting from RealtyTrac pretty closely.
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Real Estate Investing | Memphis Foreclosure Activity Up
By Chris Clothier on Tue, Oct 18, 2011
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Memphis Investment Premier Property Management
By Chris Clothier on Mon, Oct 10, 2011
One of the biggest topics in real estate investing today revolves around property management and the struggles landlords have with either managing their properties themselves or hiring quality property management. It stands as one of the biggest and sometimes most confusing and hard decisions for a real estate investor to make.
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Real Estate Investing | Crime is Down in Memphis, Did You Know?
By Chris Clothier on Mon, Oct 3, 2011
I make it a point to try and get as much information onMemphis, Tennessee and especially the real estate industry every day. Often that means reading as many different newspapers, periodicals and blogs to make sure I am up to date and able to tell the most accurate story possible about investing in Memphis. Every once in a while, I come across something that, even though it doesn't have anything to do with real estate investing...it does!
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Memphis Investment Real Estate | 3rd Quarter update
By Chris Clothier on Mon, Oct 3, 2011
Memphis real estate had a very good third quarter with many of the traditional real estate numbers trending in the right direction, but they are not telling the whole story. Housing starts were up, foreclosure actions were down, sales prices actually inched up and the federal lending rates continued to hang near historic lows. But investment purchases continue to be a HUGE part of the equation in Memphis real estate and continue to be a big reason why the numbers of properties sold have been consistent.