With the foreclosure rates constantly increasing around the country, I decided to try out some of the online foreclosure listing sites. The 3 companies I selected were Foreclosuresdaily.com, Foreclosure.com, and Realtytrac.com. Realtytrac.com and Foreclosures.com offered a 7 day free trial where as Foreclosures Daily only offered me a video tutorial. The associate gave me a quick live demonstration via “GoToMeeting.com” in which I was able to view their computer screen in a new window.
 
Realtytrac.com
The first one on my list is Realtytrac.com upon …

Social networking sites are one of the best ways to ride the wave to the top spots in the Goolge and Yahoo search engines. By featuring your real estate or financial web site in your social network profiles and groups you increase your popularity with the search engines. This is achieved by what is known as “Backlinking”. Search engines often use the number of backlinks that a website has as one of the factors for determining that website’s search engine ranking.
Most of the sites allow you to start your own …

For the last month I have been trying to think of a direction I would like to take for this real estate & financial blog. After being introduced to the blogging world I have become extremely addicted to it. I definitely have been thinking of steering clear of too many news articles and trying to focus on making the blog more human. After all I figure anyone can surf over to Yahoo, CNN, or MSN, to get the daily dish of real estate news articles. Most of you have these …

What is a Self Directed IRA?
A self-directed IRA is no different than any other IRA. Having a self-directed IRA simply means you are allowed to direct the investments of the IRA.
Use your IRA to invest in Real Estate
Very few Americans realize that they have the option to self-direct their IRAs and other retirement plans into real estate, and benefit from the tax advantages those plans provide. If you currently are a successful real estate investor, or are just looking to diversify your retirement portfolio, the combination of real estate and …