Here’s the top 3 real estate investing articles of all time here at MustKnowInvesting.com:

1. 59 “Must Know” Tips in Creative Real Estate Investing to Minimize Risk and Maximize Returns

This creative real estate investing article presents tips throughout the entirety of the investing process. Whether you are a beginner, an expert, a flipper, a wholesaler, however you relate to the real estate investing world, you will be provided with some insights into safely maximizing your returns.

There are a ton of links throughout this article to help guide you through the blog to find exactly what you are looking for.

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2. How to Turn a Good Deal into a Great Deal : Creative Real Estate Investing

You’ll learn 7 simple ways to turn a good deal into a great deal such as getting “the stuff,” negotiating seller financing, rezoning a property, and more.

Remember, you never want to make the mistake of “trying” to make a deal work. Either it’s a deal or it’s not! What we’re talking about here are some simple ways to pad the deal for a greater comfort level and profitability!

It doesn’t ever hurt to be on the conservative side of things . . . especially in today’s market!

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3. The Most Costly Mistake You’ll Ever Make as a Creative Real Estate Investor

Here’s a little excerpt:

Have you ever read or heard about a killer deal that a real estate investor did and thought to yourself, “Why in the world would the seller ever accept an offer like that?” or “I could never make that kind of an offer” or “How do you talk someone into that?”

If you answered “yes,” than you have most likely suffered from this common profit destroying tendency. At some time or another, ever creative real estate investor has made this mistake and must always be on guard against it . . .

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Enjoy!

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You heard me right…that’s your hard earned tax dollars at work. Here’s a clip from Bloomberg:

“Bank of America Corp.’s $3 billion takeover of Countrywide Financial Corp. will be financed by 138 million tax-paying Americans.

Bank of America, led by Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Lewis, can use tax write-offs to pay for Countrywide, the country’s biggest mortgage lender, said Robert Willins, a former managing director at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. who now runs his own accounting firm. Taxpayers may pick up about $5 billion of Countrywide’s losses over 20 years, he said. Countrywide shareholders approved the sale today.”

Check out the full article, “Bank of America’s Countrywide Tab Signed by Taxpayers.”

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 Here’s a clip from a post over at The REI Brain:

“I’m always a pretty positive guy and hate it when people start off in any discussion by looking at the negatives. There’s just too much negative talk out there in today’s real estate market … especially when there’s so much positive out there for savvy (and ethical) real estate investors to grab a hold of.

Anyway, here’s some positive news for all of those people who say the real estate market sucks.”

Check out the 10 Most Appreciating Real Estate Markets in the United States Summer 2008.

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