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Great Books for Successful Real Estate Investing

By Chris Clothier on Wed, Dec 7, 2011

Heading into a new year is always a great time to take stock of where you are and start preparing for any changes or adjustments you need to make.  It's also a great time to educate yourself and real estate investors are not immune to continuing education!

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Real Estate Investing | 4 Advantages of Self Directed IRA's

By Chris Clothier on Tue, Apr 19, 2011

Every day, regular people and seasoned investors alike are looking for ways to diversify their investments and investing in real estate has always been a favorite alternative.  With Self Directed Individual Retirement Accounts coming into favor with investors, investing in discount properties has never been easier.  MemphisInvest.com has put together a quick list of some of the advantages to using Self Directed IRA's:

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Investment Property News | Memphis 'A Most Undervalued' Market - CNN

By Chris Clothier on Tue, Apr 5, 2011

Many of the recent articles you read on the housing market seem to convey almost polar opposite messages.  Markets are up, other markets are down and no two pollsters, spinsters or prognosticators seem to agree on exactly what is happening.  Real Estate Investors have to get past all the white noise of the national housing market and get down to the fundamentals of particular markets that provide quality, stable investment opportunities.

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Real Estate Investing - What Cash Investors really want

By Chris Clothier on Mon, Mar 28, 2011

As I was reading a report last week on the status of real estate investing in different markets around the United States, one number kept jumping out at me - the percentage of real estate investors paying cash was huge!  In some markets around the country, real estate investors paying cash made up more than 75% of the transactions.  Since real estate is a hyper-local industry, with each individual market able to vary wildly from the next, keeping an eye on the trends of investors before making assumptions is a huge task.

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4 Keys to Real Estate Investing Success in Memphis, Tennessee

By Chris Clothier on Wed, Dec 8, 2010

I spent some time in Colorado in the early 2000's and was pretty active in the real estate market at the time.  One of the comments that we regularly heard was that "there is no more land being manufactured".  Being land locked by the mountains, real estate was at a premium and investing was considered to be a sound long term investment.  

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11 Mistakes to Avoid as a Real Estate Investor

By Chris Clothier on Wed, Nov 10, 2010

Buying rental properties can be a tricky proposition and being a new investor makes it even tougher. After acquiring over 4,500 properties, serving 1,700 clients and managing $600 million in assets, we know a thing or two about real estate investing. Over the past 10+ years, we've grown from a handful of employees to an 88 member team in 5 markets (Memphis, Little Rock, Oklahoma City, Dallas and Houston) and we pride ourselves on being the best at what we do! And we got here by following a lot of the tips I'm sharing with you today in this video. We've heard from so many people that have learned the hard way, and we want nothing more than to help others reach their investment goals by avoiding these common mistakes.

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Nine Questions for Memphis Real Estate Investors to Ask!

By Chris Clothier on Thu, Nov 4, 2010

This is a re-print from a post I made over a year ago.  I think its always good for Memphis real estate investors to get a refresher on the questions they should ask before buying investment properties.

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Attention Memphis Real Estate Investors - Keep it simple!!

By Chris Clothier on Fri, Oct 15, 2010

I am continually amazed at the lack of understanding some businesses and business owners show when it comes to this one simple rule.  It seems that today, many in business confuse complication with innovation!

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LIsten up Memphis real estate investors...

By Chris Clothier on Fri, Oct 1, 2010

"Don't Throw out the Bicycle for the Bumps in the Road"!

I love expressions like this.  They speak to the real emotions that real estate investors face everyday and carry that folksy remedy that our parents used as an approach to tough situations.

Today, real estate investors are facing more and more tough situations and some are tougher than others.  The obstacles we face as real estate investors, especially Memphis investors wanting to buy discount properties in Memphis with leverage, seem to come out of nowhere right when we get to the finish line.  We often have that feeling that the road gets a little bumpier just as things appear to be going smoother.  The bumps are getting a little bumpier too!

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Investment property management tips from Memphis Invest

By Chris Clothier on Mon, Aug 23, 2010

When I bought my first property and placed my first tenant...I was a complete disaster!  No point in beating around the bush right!  As a Memphis real estate investor, I learned just enough about rental property management in Memphis, TN. to be dangerous and I certainly was.  I was dangerous to my bottom line and dangerous to my future earnings.  

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