Buy low, sell high. Anyone in any market aims for that, but few succeed. The only reasonable conclusion is it’s easier said than done. So, to be part of that group of ‘we happy few’, consider some of these ways to maximize your return.
In any business deal there are essentially only two ways to achieve [...]

No doubt, negotiating an agreement you’ll later be happy about is the toughest part of any investment. It’s a rare investor who consistently says afterwards that they got everything they wanted at the price they wanted to pay. But like any skill, negotiating can be learned.
Knowledge and information are your best and most basic tools [...]

In a market that has seen double-digit price increases for two years or more, selling a home was easy. Offer the property for sale at or slightly above market value and watch the bids roll in —  sometimes within days.
But all markets go through cycles and real estate is no exception. When the market, whether [...]

Buying a property for the first time, whether as a home or purely an investment, is exciting and risky — and one because of the other. You read or hear about rapidly rising prices and think ‘I gotta get me some of that!’ Excellent idea — if you keep in mind, too, that there are [...]