Women Building Wealth through Real Estate

Investing in stocks…is that your golden egg?

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What everyone knows: saving money is boring, investing money is cool! A dozen Yale women put their heads together to come up with a list of companies they wanted to invest in across a broad range of industry sectors. Together, we now own a portfolio of stocks valued at $50,000.

The deal: at the end of each quarter, if the return on the portfolio is greater than 1.25%, the Yale women will receive a check for that amount to help pay for club events.

Alexis is a 20-year veteran of the foreclosure-investing business and is THE nationally recognized foreclosure industry expert. Control your own future and generate a sizable income without having to worry about the ups and downs of the real estate market.

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Marin County ~ One of America’s Richest Counties…

Forbes just released its list of Top 25 Richest Counties in America and Marin County came in 18th. Stats are as follows: Read the story »

Sabrina Kizzie…foreclosure expert and real estate investor in New York City

Sabrina Kizzie is the owner of SKL Properties of New York, LLC. Sabrina is a foreclosure expert and a private real estate investor in New York City. Sabrina has been investing in real estate focusing on buying rental properties, tax sale properties and foreclosure properties since 1998. Read the story »

Who took the money away?

I’ve been thinking a lot about the market recently. Like I have been saying all along, if you don’t like it, just wait 10 minute. Right now, it’s downright bizarre.

We’ve had several properties which I felt were properly priced get over 30 offers. And others that I also thought were properly priced waiting to be asked for a dance. We have one right now with excellent square footage, great neighborhood and spectacular schools with out one bid. Read the story »

LaRouche Movement in Mill Valley…

Last week I was hauling butt to watch a few minutes of my son’s baseball practice/scrimmage in Mill Valley. Parking was tight as I rounded the corner to get to the community Center when I noticed a hub bub, crowds of people and police cars with flashing lights. What’s this, a ruckus in Mill Valley? I parked and dashed off to the baseball fields but not before I caught a glimpse of Obama with a Hitler mustache. Read the story »

Market Update

There is a lot of activity in San Rafafel. You have the lower end “bargains” and a lot of higher end properties that aren’t losing their value. As of writing this post there are 126 single family homes that are active on the MLS. Low end is $299K to $4.850M. (more…)

Facts About Women

Want to know what women are doing on the home buying front?

- 14.4% of all home buyers in 2008 were single female

- 3.1% of all home buyers in 2008 were single female with dependents

- 65.9% of these single female and single female with dependents home buyers bought a detached single-family home in 2008 (more…)

Store

Karen Nelson Bell has written a really good book. Easy to read, easy to understand and covers the gamet from first steps for the novice, strategies and tactics for the novice and tips and tricks for the seasoned investor. (more…)

This Month's Interveiw

Carole Rodoni is a highly regarded real estate speaker, author and advisor. She is President and CEO of Bamboo Consulting, former President of Fox & Carskadon Realtors, past COO of Alain Pinel Realtors and an industry leader. With years of leadership and real estate experience, her study of the economy and how it impacts real estate and being a savvy investor herself Carole has a lot of good advice for women that want to invest in real estate. (more…)

Resources

“Women really need to think single throughout their lives. A woman may never marry, but even if she marries, the likelihood is that she is going to be single, either through divorce, or because of widowhood at some point in her life , and she doesn’t want to be caught unawares. ” Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine Either by choice or chance, your life is frequently in transition. Without careful planning, those life changes can be costly. (more…)

Bulletproof Diva

Bulletproof Dive ~ One Woman's Journey on the Road to Success

Once upon a soul there was a real estate Diva. She started out as a welfare child and worked her way up through the ranks to become a real estate maven…well, okay, maybe not a maven yet but an “Owntreprenuer.” Read the blog entries of one woman’s journey on the road to real estate stardom. Making money, losing money, learning the tricks of the trade while raising a young son. Incredibly driven with a take no prisoners attitude this is one Diva that has her eye on the road to building wealth through real estate.