Hurricanes: What the Heck?
Saturday, September 24
Tropical weather systems are once again in the headlines and at the forefront of millions of property owners’ and tenants’ minds, so it seemed like a good time to share some hurricane preparation for landlords and property managers! A quick aside: Prior to my real estate career, I was once a coun...
The Dark Art of Seller Financing Explained
Sunday, June 07
It's very common to see questions about seller financing on Bigger Pockets and other forums, and there is often a general lack of understanding and awareness about the subject among new and inexperienced real estate investors. Seller financing is a very legitimate, legal, and responsible method...
The 5 Commandments of a 1031 Exchange
Thursday, January 24
I get a lot of questions about how my clients can defer taxes by doing a 1031 Exchange, so I sat down with my friend and fellow BP member @Dave Foster, (who is The 1031 Guy!) to ask him some questions on your behalf: What the heck is a “1031”? What does that even mean? A 1031 exchange is a provi...
5 Simple Formulas Every Buy & Hold Investor Needs to Know
Tuesday, December 11
Regardless of their experience level, at some point all real estate investors are faced with the analysis of a particular deal: Will this property make a good investment? Is it a good performing rental property now? Can in be a good performing rental property in the future if we buy it right? An...
What the Heck is SEO, #7: Link Building Strategies
Friday, April 10
10 Sure-Fire Ways to Build Quality Links to Your Website or Blog In my last two posts in this series, we talked about the critical importance of both links and keywords.But once you're aware of the importance of those two things, the next question is always, So where am I supposed to get all thes...
What the Heck is SEO, #6: Keyword Research
Monday, April 06
In my last post in this series, we talked about the power of links. By now you should be starting to realize that SEO is not rocket science or black magic - it's a simple set of guidelines that Google and Bing ask webmasters to follow so they can figure out what web pages are about. You're proba...