Getting Started as a Real Estate Investor
Wednesday, July 28
There are countless people looking to launch a new career in real estate investment, and most of them don’t have the first clue as to how they need to start in order to be effective. For those that intend to be serious career investors, and not those looking to just get rich quick, there ar...
Generating Cash Flow from Low End Houses
Wednesday, July 28
Since the same basic principles of cash flow apply to nearly every facet of real estate investment, it can sometimes be difficult for investors to select a market. Many investors assume that the big money is in the big, expensive homes; in fact, long-term reliable cash flow is much easie...
Investment Property: Finding Deals on the MLS
Wednesday, July 28
Many investors use the Multiple Listing Service (MLS)—a database of mostly active real estate listings—to find bargain deals which they can turn into a profit. Others have not had as much luck cracking the MLS, finding only market-value listings and high asking prices. Astutely, these in...
Exit Strategies for Buy and Hold Real Estate Investors
Wednesday, July 28
In fact, this may be a misleading title, as I intend to argue that there are very few viable exit strategies for buy and hold real estate investors. For most entrepreneurial businesses, you invest some capital, earn a profit, and reinvest those profits to grow your business; once the busine...
Every Real Estate Investor Should Have an Assistant
Wednesday, July 28
As Real Estate investors, we all get into real estate to make money. This is explanation—but not justification—for many investors’ reluctance to pay for an assistant, trying instead to run all the facets of their business alone. Here are a few reasons why hiring an assistant should be ap...
Buying and Holding Investment Property—The Essence of Investment
Wednesday, July 28
With myriad options to flip, speculate, lease, rent, and the countless other ways to sink your money into real estate, it is my concern that investors have lost sight of the most fundamental strategy to earning money with property: buying and holding. We find ourselves currently in a market...