This week we’re hosting the Carnival of Real Estate Investing and we’ve weeded through and picked out the best entries for your perusal.  Kind of reminds me of the weeding I just did in my yard, and all the times when I was a kid that I weeded the rows in the garden, being careful to only pick the weeds and save those little baby carrott sprouts!

My top pick this week is Equity Scout, with the runners up listed in no particular order.  Enjoy!

Equity Scout analyzes a study and answers the age-old dilemma about whether or not you should use a Realtor or go the FSBO route.  In today’s tight market, investors need to be more aware than ever of the potential for lost revenue during a sale.  Read FSBO Sellers Beat Realtors in Recent Study and decide for yourself.

Wealth Building Lessons has a great writeup on Understanding Your Mortgage.  It’s a buyer’s market in many areas right now, but we still need to make sure we’re getting the loans that fit our investment goals, not just the property or what our broker recommends.

Stewart Hsu writes about How to Build a Strong Real Estate Team and makes some great points about who you need for each facet of your REI business.  Thanks Stewart!

If you’re investing in single family homes, this post about C.L.U.E. reports on Debt Free might be insightful.

The Dough Roller discusses How To Make $1 Million in a Day and Other Titles You Shouldn’t Believe.  What a great commentary on reading beneath the media hype!

On Peter Pays Paul (love that blog name) Peter Maclennan writes about the implications of today’s buyers market in A Great Market To Buy Real Estate.

If you blog and want to get involved in the Carnival, please visit the site and volunteer and/or submit your posts!  Blog on!