HUD announced this week several major changes for FHA loans later this year. Some of this items will not go into effect for several months but are worth noting. Overall, HUD is doing the right thing to keep themselves in business and help consumers be able to purchase homes.

Last week, we started taking a look at a checklist of items that every buyer should focus on when getting a home. The priority list should include location, size of home and lot size. Why are those the first and most critical pieces to buying a good investment? Go ahead and reread Part One of this series at www.coloradodreamhouse.com/denverpost.

Ok, so you only have so much money to spend on a new home. You are realistic about what you can buy with that money and after looking at quite a few places, you know that you are not going to be able to get everything you want. The question now becomes: ‘What things do you sacrifice and what characteristics are critical for a good investment?’

If you are thinking about investing in companies that manage apartment complexes than now is the time. See this article from Andrew Leckey of the Tribune Media Service.
The stocks of companies that own and manage self-storage buildings, apartment complexes, shopping centers, and office buildings are on the rise after a miserable 2007.
The average real-estate fund [...]