Disclaimer: This article is not intended to be financial or legal advice. In this article I want to dispel two myths I hear a lot when talking about investing in real estate: You need hundreds of thousands of dollars to get started You have to deal with tenants and toilets if you own rental property …
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What if you could have $1 doing the work of $2? You work hard for your money, why shouldn’t it work harder for you? That is the principle behind a strategy we call “Refi & Roll” or Velocity of Money: how quickly can we get $1 to do the work of $2. How does it …
We’re getting into some very exciting tax and accounting concepts today! I know what you’re thinking…there is no way tax and accounting could ever be exciting. My hope is that after today, you’ll have a newfound appreciation for depreciation!
With the Real Estate market as hot as it is right now, this might get controversial! If you read my previous post about the power of forced appreciation in multifamily real estate, you might assume that I’m going to tell you that appreciation is the way to go. You would be wrong. Don’t misunderstand, forced …
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“Debt is not a tool; it is a method to make banks wealthy, not you. The borrower truly is a slave to the lender.” — Dave Ramsey Debt gets a bad rap as far as I’m concerned. We all know the importance of personal financial responsibility, but is it possible that debt could ever be …
My mom is a real estate agent and growing up she always told me “real estate is always a good investment because they aren’t making any more land!” While I may not have understood the nuances of supply and demand and natural appreciation over time, I saw through her experience and example that holding real …
Many investors proclaim that real estate is an I.D.E.A.L investment. Each letter in the acronym describes an attribute that makes real estate a great investment. Let’s break down what that means. I – Income Real estate, particularly multi-family or apartments, can provide a consistent stream of predictable passive income. Our top investment criteria is cash …
Please note that this article is not intended to provide investment advice. As always, consult with personal finance professionals and do your own due diligence before investing. Have you ever heard the phrase “making money in your sleep”? Well that’s exactly what passive income is. The dictionary definition of passive income is: earnings from a …
If you’re like me, I used to think that the only way to buy real estate was to save all my money for a long time until I had enough for a down payment. The idea of purchasing a large commercial or multi-family property felt impossible…I’d have to save for 150 years to have that …