Disaster For The ‘First Investor’: A Case Study
Saturday, April 18
While it is true that Real State investing can be one of the most effective ways of developing wealth, like any other wealth building strategy, there is a certain ‘critical mass’ of knowledge necessary to consistently achieve the skills needed to reach our goals, whatever level that may be. A re...
Flipping Houses – A Case Study
Sunday, April 12
Late in 2014, while driving around Austin, TX, I noticed something you don’t see every day. Two houses next door to each other listed for sale - by the SAME AGENT! On a lark, I called the agent to find out what was going on? What I learned was good for me but very bad for the current owner.8 mont...
Investor: Know Thyself! (Psychologists call it “Self-Actualization”)
Sunday, April 05
By now you have certainly seen at least One show on cable TV or YouTube showing a person attempting some outrageous feat of dexterity or strength or artistic prowess (think the early episodes of every American Idol season for reference).Recently, in some parts of America, growth in population has...
What You Don’t Know…
Sunday, March 29
“Hey, I want to flip homes! Every time it’s done, money is made!”Actually, that is Not true! And what you don’t know can, and often enough for even seasoned investors, does HURT You!While it is romantic and exciting to consider making an extra few thousand dollars flipping houses, without the hel...
Where To Begin
Saturday, March 21
Having come from a history of multiple careers spanning multiple decades, I am not the typical real estate investor. Due to previous issues plaguing either the broader or more local economies where I have lived, Michigan to Iowa to New Mexico and now the greater Austin area, I have had to ride se...