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rookie needs help from Joe DiMaggio
Posted by vick on April 23, 2003 at 12:44 AM
Hello Ward, I posted some questions awhile back but a lot of other people also posted and so my message went to the bottom of the page. So here they are again.
1. I often read as many books as possible on real estate investing because I am a neophyte investor and want to learn as much as possible. I turn to the L.A. Sunday Times where Robert Bruss reviews books but it seems that nowadays everybody and their brother is writing a book on the subject. If you had to make a top-ten-best-of-all-time list what would it be?
2. I am a member of Marshall Reddick's group and they invest in about 25 different states at this time. I also subscribe to various financial magazines (Kiplinger's, Smart Money, Money etc.). Since the stock market has been doing so terrible in the last couple of years they have been writing more and more articles on real estate. What is confusing to me is that one article will talk about a certain city or state saying that it is a great oppotunity for investing in. Later I will read another article in another magazine that will talk about the same place and how bad it would be to invest in this area. I also talk to various investors and always seem to get conflicting views on where to invest in. Some people will tell me that a certain area stinks and others will tell me that same area is great. Needless to say It leaves me confused as to who is really right. I would like to determine this no my own and learn to do my own "homework" so I don't have to rely on others. Is there anybody you know that teaches a class just on the aspect of how to study the economic factors (and which ones are most important in regards to real estate) of an area to determine which areas are ready to take off and which areas are flat or are about to take a dive in prices? Perhaps you know of a book on this subject?
3. You mentioned in an earlier post that you feel a "chill" coming on concerning the real estate market. Is that just for the wildly strong California market or the real estate market in general? What do you think of the Florida market? I plan on moving there in about 15 to 18 months. Prices have gone up quite a lot there and I wonder if they will level off or come down some
Sorry to bother you about this but I really value your expert opinion. When it comes to real estate investing I'm just a wet behind the ears rookie and your Joe D.,Mickey Mantle,and Babe Ruth rolled up into one. Many thanks in advance!!
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