Student Loan Pay-down or Real Estate Investing?
Friday, May 31
Student Loan Pay-down or Real Estate Investing?It is common in today’s world for young professionals to be saddled with massive student loan debt. According to LendingTree, an online loan marketplace, 69% of college students took out student loans. These students graduated with an average debt of...
Real Estate Vs. The Stock Market - The Unending Debate
Wednesday, May 22
I firmly believe in the benefits of having real estate play an important role in a well-crafted investment portfolio. Real estate takes advantage of multiple wealth-building principles – namely cash flow, appreciation, tax benefits and mortgage paydown. Real estate is relatively easy to leverage ...
Why Cash Flowing Rentals are Recession-Resistant
Thursday, May 16
Real Estate, as we all know, was hit HARD during the last recession. Prices dropped in half or more in many areas taking the shirts of investors and homeowners alike. While I won't go into the much-studied causes, I bring it up because it is a relevant topic as we head into Year 11 of this most r...
Lessons From a Newbie
Wednesday, May 08
In Real Estate - as any other endeavor - you "Don't know what you don't know. New investors take one of two approaches to this problem. The first is spending all the time in the world reading every book on real estate without putting money on any deals. The second is jumping in with both feet and...
Skimping, Scrounging and Saving for the Next Deal
Wednesday, April 24
First thing's first, I am still relatively new the the game by any standard. I recently closed on my second rental property and am now on the lookout for the next one. One of my original reservations, and a reservation mentioned by countless potential investors is that they are being kept back fr...
Being a Tenant Landlord
Wednesday, April 10
"Renting is just throwing money away" is probably a common phrase heard by many children from their parents at some point in their life. I most certainly did. Despite relying on tenants to make a buy-and-hold strategy work, most investors that I have spoken with would not choose to rent if they h...