Real Estate Investor Newsletter: Wednesday, December 9, 2015

• New construction may drive 2016's housing market – Consumer Affairs [Read Now]
  • Despite the near-certainty of higher interest rates and a tight inventory of property, at least one housing forecast sees booming home sales next year – the highest since before the start of the Great Recession.

    But in its 2016 outlook, housing marketplace realtor.com says it expects most of the growth in sales to come from the new home market, which has been nearly dormant for years. […]

• Will El Niño hammer the housing market? – OC Register [Read Now]
  • With the strongest El Niño on record predicted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, all types of property owners hope to get ahead of the storms.  Lin He, who buys and flips fixer-uppers, is afraid the extreme storm system forecast to last into spring could create construction delays, add to his labor, material and carrying costs and soak up his earnings. “The rain definitely washes away the profits for investors,” said He, 48. “It has more impact on investors than homeowners.”  […]

• Explaining the Housing Crash With Jenga—Does This Week's Movie Release, ‘The Big Short’ Get It Right? – Realtor.com [Read Now]
  • One of the more hyped movie releases this Oscar season stars the housing crisis itself: “The Big Short,” in which four financial wheelers and dealers (Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt) join forces to figure out what caused the housing bubble of 2003-2005 to burst (and how they could profit from it, of course). It’s based on the best-selling, intensively reported book by journalist Michael Lewis. […]

• Can I find 100% financing / no money down loan if I can find a deal at a certain percentage discount of the After Repair Value (ARV)?
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Have a question for our lending, real estate, or rehab construction experts? Send us your questions or visit the “Ask Cornerstone” Blog for the answers to these and other questions.

• When: Monday, December 14, 2015
• Where: Doubletree Hotel Torrance, 21333 Hawthorne Blvd. Torrance, California, 90503
• Keynote Speaker: Manny Singh, JD Bankruptcy Court Secrets – Loopholes to Property for Cents on the Dollar
• Cost: Members: $0,  Non-members: $30 Save $5.00 with coupon code: “Dec2015early”  Registration link

Purchasing Properties from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. You will discover vast opportunities in real estate acquisitions through understanding the inefficiencies in the Bankruptcy Court system. Our speaker, Manny Singh, will present some of the things you are probably not aware of around this exceptional high-valued practice…

• Discover an untapped market never seen before
• Understand the secrets and loopholes in the court processes
• Learn to easily profit from the inefficiencies in the court system
• Capitalize with low risk and very little investment
• Find out how to make money from home
• Buy properties for as little as 3% of current market value

Upcoming meetings Dec 2 – Dec 13, 2015 [view full month's listings – click here]

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