List of sites for investors to use

List of sites for investors to use

This list was posted on my local rei club website. I thought it might be useful for some.

Section 8 Sites
www.gosection8.com - Great source to list your Section 8 rentals
www.socialserve.com - Another great source to list any Section 8 rental properties
www.huduser.org/datasets/fmr.html - HUD Fair Market Rent schedule

Real Estate News
news.inman.com - Daily real estate news
www.ired.com - International real estate digest
www.housebubble.com - Housing market news
www.nfns.com - National Financial News Service. Mortgage industry newspaper.

Landlord Information
www.saferent.com - Tenant check and background screening service
www.tenantcredit.com - Nationwide tenant screening services
www.mrlandlord.com - Links to state-specific landlord/tenant laws in addition to many resources for landlords
www.cses.com - Information site/resources for landlords

REO & Foreclosure Sites
www.ocwen.com - Foreclosure listings
www.homesales.gov/homesales/mainAction.do - Homes for sale by US government
www.foreclosures.com - Foreclosure listings
www.resales.usda.gov - USDA homes for sale
www.buybankhomes.com - Foreclosure listings, subscription-based
www.firstpreston.com - Asset management company that markets HUD homes
www.hud.gov/homes/index.cfm - HUD foreclosures
www.mortgagecontent.net/reoSearchApplication/fanniemae/reoSearch.jsp - Fannie Mae property search
www.lendersreo.com - REO liquidation company
www.countrywide.com/purchase/f_reo.asp - Countrywide foreclosure listings
www.iasreo.com/search/home4sale.asp - Integrated Asset Services, REO listings
www.premierereo.com - Premiere Asset Services, REO listings
www.ctcres.com - Free trustee sale info
www.HUDPemco.com - Weekly list of HUD properties
www.DQNews.com - Real estate trends from Data Quick

Housing Data & Research
www.firstamres.com/jsp/index.jsp - Real estate data and research site
www.hpapts.com/index.cfm - Hendricks and Partners sales & research firm
www.dataquick.com - Real estate information & research
publicrecords.netronline.com - Portal to assessors' offices and county records nationwide
www.zanatec.com/home.html - National County Recorders directory

Comps
www.zillow.com - Free nationwide home valuations
www.homegain.com - Free nationwide home valuations
www.ziprealty.com/sell_my_house/tools.jsp - Free nationwide home valuations
www.cyberhomes.com - Fidelity National home valuations
www.totalviewrealestate.com

Homes for Sale
www.realtor.com - NAR's nationwide listing of homes for sale
www.mlsonline.com - Nationwide homes for sale and market reports by city and state
www.ree.com - Nationwide listing of properties for sale with owner terms and exchange

Economic Data/Research Websites
www.fdic.gov/bank/analytical/stateprofile/ - FDIC state profiles
quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/ - US Census Bureau
www.census.gov/population/www/ - Census information
www.bea.gov - Bureau of Economic Analysis
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.FUNCTIONAL_AREA_RPT2.SHOW?p_ar... - Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
www.rurdev.usda.gov/mo/rhlgp.htm - USDA loan programs for low income families
www.realtor.org - National Association of Realtors
www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html - Compare the cost of living in hundreds of different cities
www.firstamerican.com - First American Real Estate Solutions
www.hpapts.com - H&P apartment research firm
www.huduser.org/Periodicals/ushmc/winter98/histdat2.html - Single-family home prices 1963 to present
http://www.realtor.org/research.nsf/pages/anti-bubblereports - NAR market reports
www.car.org - Monthly forecasts for the California market – They are usually very optimistic
www.freelunch.com - Interesting web site with data on the economy, real estate, crime etc

Calculators
www.bankrate.com/brm/calculators/mortgages.asp - Mortgage calculator
www.mortgages.interest.com/content/calculators/index.asp - Mortgage calculators

Real Estate Clubs
www.narei.org - National Association of Real Estate Investors
www.nsdrei.com - North San Diego Real Estate Investors Association
www.sdcia.com - San Diego Creative Investors Association
www.ocreforum.com - Orange County, CA Real Estate Forum
www.reinclub.com - Real Estate Investor Network, Orange County, CA
www.socalcia.com - SOCAL Creative Investors Association
www.ocreic.org - Orange County, CA Real Estate Investors Association
www.stlwin.com - St Louis Wealth Improvement Network
www.stlreia.com - St Louis Real Estate Investors Association
www.hirei.org - Hawaii Real Estate Investors
www.azreia.com - Arizona Real Estate Investors Association
www.screia.com - South Carolina Real Estate Investors Association
www.gareia.org - Georgia Real Estate Investors Association
www.breia.com - Broward County, FL Real Estate Investors Association
www.dreia.org - Dade County, FL Real Estate Investors Association
www.aireo.org - Association of Independent Real Estate Owners
www.aireo.com - American Investors of Real Estate Online

Self-Directed IRAs
www.trustetc.com - Mid Ohio Securities
www.entrustadmin.com - Entrust Administration
www.pensco.com - PENSCO
www.reiconferences.com/files/sdira.pdf - How to buy real estate with a self-directed IRA

Taxes
www.irs.gov/individuals/article/0,,id=96196,00.html - IRS withholding calculator

Legal
www.hudclips.org - Forms of HUD
www.narhri.org - Support lobbying efforts to keep fair laws for investors and homeowners

Credit Bureaus
www.experian.com - Experian Credit Bureau
www.transunion.com - Transunion Credit Bureau
www.equifax.com - Equifax Credit Bureau

Rents
www.rentslicer.com
www.move.com
www.socialserve.com
www.rent.com

Skip Tracing & People Search
www.theultimates.com/yellow - The ultimate yellow pages
www.switchboard.com - Lookup telephone number search
www.reversephonedirectory.com - Reverse lookup directory
www.pimag.com - Private Investigator Magazine
www.theultimatewhitepages.com - Good source
www.555-1212.com - Reverse phone lookup
www.publicdata.com - Search for owners
www.merlindata.com - Good source for cheap skip tracing
www.zabbasearch.com – Find people

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Thank you Luke, That is some

Thank you Luke, That is some awsome information you posted.
I book marked it. thanks for sharing.
good luck!
Richie.


Cool

Awesome info there lkward13 but one link doesn't work which is www.homeradar.com. Please let me know if there is another one like it.

Thanks

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good one to bookmark thanks luke for taking the time to provide valuable info for us!!! appreciate it very much!!

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lkward13,

Thank you for sharing this.

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mason

for some reason that link didn't work so I substituted it with homegain instead.

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That is some great

That is some great information for first timers, and others alike. Thanks for the help.

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Thank you...

that's quite helpful!

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Thanks for the list!

Wowee! Thanks so much for taking the time to post this. Like others here, I've bookmarked it. I'm looking forwarding to checking out some of the sites that I'm not familiar with.

Nancy D.

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JUST GETTING STARTED

HELLO EVERYONE I'M JUST GETTING STARTED, BUT I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START. I'M READING THE PROFIT FROM REAL ESTATE RIGHT NOW BOOK. I WILL SOON VENTURE OUT AND START MAKING MONEY, BUT NEES YOUR HELP. THANKS!!

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Thanks

lkward13 wrote:
for some reason that link didn't work so I substituted it with homegain instead.

Thanks again lkwrd13

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Luke, Thanks for the great

Luke,

Thanks for the great post. I've bookmarked it already.

Thanks.
Brian Carter


Thanks

Thank you for the great information every bit of info helps.


An impressive list!

Thanks for the great list. I printed it out to have it handy.

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Great post! Thanks we all

Great post! Thanks we all need all the help we can get from each other!!

Mary


Great List

Thank you for the great list. I bookmarked it.
Kat


My List

lkward13,
I was comparing your list to mine and realized none of these sites are on your list.

Does anyone else have a list they would like to share?
Kat

http://www.hardmoneymarket.com - Sell and buy RE notes
http://www.simonvolkov.com/contact.html - RE note investor
http://www.joelane.com/about.php - REA in Washington State. Many great articles on Real Estate and Investing
http://1800cashout.com - Buys houses.
http://www.allcityservices.com/ - Hard Money lenders for properties owner doesn’t live in as well as business loans.
http://www.financebeacon.com - all types of loans even bad credit
http://www.directoryfinances.com/ - Lists many types of financing. You can submit your website.
http://www.goldfishlist.com/ - Free classified listings for real estate investors
http://fundthiswholesaler.net/ - POF
http://www.realtytrac.com/ - Foreclosure searches FEE
http://www.netronline.com/ - RE info & Public Records research
http://orangeleads.com?id=43138 - FREE business opportunity leads
http://www.naked-investor.com/ - Focuses is on a unique and creative technique known as Lease Purchasing.
www.totalviewrealestate.com - “Complete tool website for real estate research and marketing”
http://www.****/ - “Can search for active, local real estate buyers by their price range, property type and area”


Thanks so much for sharing.

Thanks so much for sharing. I have printed these lists.
Cheryl


lkward13

Thank you for taking the time doing a very organized and useful list. I have bookmarked it.

Ingrid


Thanks!

What a great resource of information. There seems to be something for everything here! Thanks for sharing!


lkward13,

Thanks for taking the timeto put together this list. The more resources we have available the more we can reference and gather information about real estate. Thank you for sharing this list with the DG website family. Continued success on all your deals. Believe and Achieve! Smiling - Joe

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thanks a lot

thanks this will help me out a lot

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Thanks

Thanks for supplying this much needed info. we appreciate. God Bless.

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thanks

thanks


Thanks for the post, if we

Thanks for the post, if we get anymore info posts like this we'll have to make a seperate forum section just to bundle it all together. lol.
Awesome info and very helpful, if they had rep on this site you'd get some + rep from me. Smiling
Happy investing everyone!

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Community

Now this is what living in the DG Community is all about. All these lists are quite useful no matter which REI angle you are coming from.

Awesome,

Jason King

Roanoke, VA


Wow

Great posts! Thanks for sharing.

Geri


Very valuable post

Luke,

Thanks for the great source of information, although I fail to see anything about private money lenders.


Thank you....

Thank you all for your post. All of this information will be very useful.

lbrown


Also Thanks

Thank you so much for all the info. I am getting better at navigating the DG site.

S.L.

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