by Mike Johnson | Jan 14, 2016 | Buy and Hold, Real Estate Investing Strategies
If you dream of immediate retirement, this is your year. The good life stands ready and waiting for you to claim it. If you’re motivated, there’s no good reason why you can’t self-educate and retire within the next 12 months, no matter how much money you have right...
by Nav Athwal | Jan 8, 2016 | Miscellaneous
Real estate was on a fairly smooth ride for the majority of 2015, despite warnings that another housing bubble is imminent. With the arrival of 2016, it’s a good time to take a look at where the market is headed over the next twelve months. Here are some of the trends...
by Jim Ingersoll | Dec 29, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Are you prepared for a successful year ahead? If you don’t define your own plan, you’ll have to settle for someone else’s plan, and I don’t want that to happen to you this coming year. So, what is the magic pixie dust that successful investors have found...
by Jim Ingersoll | Dec 22, 2015 | Creative Real Estate Investing, House Flipping/Wholesaling
Buying, rehabbing, and flipping houses is capital intensive and can be risky when done wrong. It’s like real estate day trading in that you plan to buy a house, rehab it, and resell it immediately. Buy the wrong house for the wrong price, have the wrong team of...
by Mike Otranto | Dec 3, 2015 | Buy and Hold, Creative Real Estate Investing
Why the lease option is a better investment… especially in the beginning. I started my real estate investing career in 2005. I had moved out of state to join another investor and start my own real estate business. By 2009, I had partnered with some investors and...
by Benjamin D. Summers | Nov 23, 2015 | Buy and Hold, Miscellaneous
One of the most pervasive challenges facing the residential real estate market is determining property values. When it comes to residential property, most end-use buyers think in the same terms as renters: Monthly housing expenditure. In other words the purchase price...
by Rick Tobin | Nov 5, 2015 | Miscellaneous
The most important factor for real estate values is location, first and foremost. And historically, the #1 location that supports the highest property values is next to a large body of water, such as an ocean, lake, river, stream, or wetlands region. Few places around...
by Nick Ruiz | Oct 2, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Obviously, in order to make any real estate agreement come to life and actually close, you need a written purchase agreement. One thing I’ve learned over the years and after closing hundreds of deals is that there are ways to cut down the amount of offers you...
by Rick Tobin | Sep 1, 2015 | Miscellaneous
Population trends, job growth, and the access to capital are three of the primary catalysts for any type of boom or bust housing cycle. Money and jobs attract people. People, in turn, need a place to live. For both residential and commercial real estate, few mortgage...
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by William Bronchick, J.D. | Aug 24, 2015 | Asset Protection
In this short video, attorney and real estate investor, William Bronchick, explains the basics of using a land trust for your real estate investments. He’ll explore… What Is a Land Trust? What Do We Use a Land Trust For? What Do We Not Use a Land Trust...
