It’s a real estate adage that is truer now than it ever was:

Location, Location, Location.

When you’re looking to get into the home of your dreams, location is going to be one of your key buying points. For example, is it in an appealing neighborhood? Is it conveniently located close to work and other oft-traveled destinations? Is it zoned for the top schools in the area?

Those same concerns also hold true for investors who are eager to purchase, renovate and flip homes for profit. Location is a major selling point — if you don’t have great location, you can be sure it will be a major strike against you in the minds of prospective buyers.

The July 2009 edition of Foreclosure.com’s free educational newsletter, “Investment Exchange,” is now available, which details how you can find a great home in an ideal location at a price you can afford.

The excitement of an opportunity-laden market like we are enjoying right now can sometimes cause you and other buyers to think that it’s impossible to lose; however, the reality is just the opposite — Yes, the market is ripe for the picking, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few bad apples in the bunch.

We’re here to help you make the right choice. The smart choice. To check out Location, Location, Location today be sure to click here.

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The June 2009 edition of Foreclosure.com’s free educational newsletter, “Investment Exchange,” is now available, which details how you can find and bid on the best foreclosure deals in your area through online auctions.

Foreclosure deals are everywhere. Lenders, banks and others that own large real estate portfolios are looking to move their inventories in new and exciting ways, including via the Internet.

It makes perfect sense — more than 80 percent of house hunters begin their searches online.

Now it’s our job to tell you where to find these types of auctions, as well as all the things you need to be aware of before placing a bid. Auction homes are priced to sell fast within a certain time frame. That means you need to be ready to move at the drop of a dime when the opportunity of a lifetime emerges.

“Investment Exchange” to the rescue! To check out Online Real Estate Auctions today be sure to click here.

Remember that “Investment Exchange” is a FREE resource that Foreclosure.com provides its site visitors. Sign up to receive the educational real estate newsletter each month at no cost right here.

Count the Atlanta Journal-Constitution among the growing number of wise media outlets and organizations that will no longer accept nationwide foreclosure-related statistics from RealtyTrac at face value.

According to Inman News (subscription required), the leading daily in the state recently compared legal notices published in newspapers in five metro Atlanta counties against numbers from the self-proclaimed “most trusted source of foreclosure information.”

And while it’s no surprise that RealtyTrac was way off (by nearly 4,000 filings) again, it is quite shocking that the company is now apparently underreporting data.

Here’s the irony:

“After changing its reporting methods two years ago in response to accusations that it was overstating the number of homes subjected to foreclosure-related filings, data aggregator RealtyTrac is facing the opposite problem …”

RealtyTrac still can’t seem to ever get it right.

Meanwhile, Foreclosure.com continues to collect data that is more in line with Mortgage Bankers Association, as well as passes tests from the Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Inman News — the leading source of independent real estate news, information, advice, research, opinion and commentary for industry professionals and consumers alike — and other prestigious publications/newswires.

And yet several newspapers and media outlets throughout the nation still to this day continue to source RealtyTrac data — even when the company’s own spokesperson admits there “needs to be a better process.”

The good news is that there already is a “better process” and it can be found conveniently online at Foreclosure.com. We work hand-in-hand with major lending institutions, government agencies, corporate sellers and other top-level sources, scrubbing the information that we receive to ensure its accuracy.

Put simply, our process works.

For more troubling news reports that reference RealtyTrac foreclosure statistics click here, here, here, here, here, here and here. Sorry if we missed a bunch; however, it’s just so much to keep track of over the years.