http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Michel+Lautensack Real Estate Michel Lautensack Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=203271&ca=Real+Estate You would have to be living in a cave or tucked away on a deserted island somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean not to know that the American real estate market has effectively fallen apart. Real estate investing techniques and strategies that have worked so well and for so long are no longer... Finances Michel Lautensack Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=150716&ca=Finances I have received a number of email questions recently on very similar issues and thought I would address them as a group versus individual emails. The questions are broken down into general areas and include things to do and things not to do. The Don'ts include advertising on Craig’s List and the use... Real Estate Michel Lautensack Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134979&ca=Real+Estate If you have an existing piece of income producing real estate that you bought within the last couple years, you most likely have a significant amount of equity in that property. Even if you put a traditional 80% mortgage on the property when you purchased you may now have anywhere from 20% to as mu... Real Estate Michel Lautensack Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=124158&ca=Real+Estate One of the most important documents you will ever sign with a private lender is the actual Note that creates the loan obligation. In a typical private lender transaction, you, the real estate investor (borrower), borrow money from a private individual (private lender) and that transaction is docume... Real Estate Michel Lautensack Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=117108&ca=Real+Estate Like many real estate investors, I started out investing in real estate using my own money and credit. This worked fine for the first few deals. But eventually, as I purchased 20 to 30 properties, my lender at the time, Washington Mutual, cut me off from further deals and my personal funds dried u...