Category: General Real Estate

Before you can become rich, you must decide whether you want to be secure, comfortable, or rich.  These are called core values, or the reasons you want to invest. The first reason most people invest is because they want to …Read more  »

How will the real estate market be impacted by Donald Trump’s victory and Republicans controlling both chambers of Congress? Though Mr. Trump is a real estate man, his policy platform has been largely vague on real estate proposals.  Here are …Read more  »

Children learn by asking questions.  Students learn by asking questions.  Investors learn by asking questions.  People who think that they know it all no longer ask questions – why should they? The most successful people in life never stop asking …Read more  »

Regardless of where you choose to invest, there are two opposite ends of the investing spectrum when it comes to your involvement and required resources. DO-IT-YOURSELF (DIY) Do-it-yourself real estate investing puts all the risk and responsibility squarely on your …Read more  »

What has always fascinated me about real estate investors is how differently we analyze rental properties. While we all use (mostly) the same ratios and numbers, the sheer number of available calculators, spreadsheets and other analysis tools is incredible. And …Read more  »

I was honored to be invited as a guest on the FlipNerd Real Estate Investing podcast show with host Mike Hambright.  (You can listen to the episode below.) Mike has a great podcast with lots of interesting guests, ideas and …Read more  »

Once again, I was honored to be invited back as a guest on the Investing Coast-2-Coast radio show with Pete Asmus and Ivan Oberon. These two guys broadcast a great daily radio show and have a ton of fun doing …Read more  »

When most of us think of investments we think of the stock market, maybe our retirement fund, and maybe that “business opportunity” last year with a colleague.  It is easy to describe investments one-dimensionally; something we invest money in today …Read more  »

Incomes are dropping. And that’s not good for the real estate industry, nor is it good news for the American Dream of home-ownership. More Americans view themselves as slipping out of the middle class according to a recent survey by …Read more  »