What is the TED Spread? Why it Matters to Real Estate Investors?
Monday, January 25
The TED Spread measures credit risk to the general economy. TED is an acronym that stands for T-Bills and Euro-Dollar. The TED Spread is calculated by a simple formula: TED Spread = 3-month Libor Rate - 3-month T-Bill Interest Rate. Some very basic principles are as follows: 3-month LIBOR rate m...
What is FINRA? Why does it Matter to Real Estate Investors?
Tuesday, January 19
The acronym FINRA stands for Financial Industry Regulation Authority. On its website it describes its mission and utility."FINRA is dedicated to investor protection and market integrity through effective and efficient regulation of the securities industry. FINRA is not part of the government. We’...
Unlimited Passive Losses for Real Estate Professionals
Wednesday, January 13
In my last post of 2015, Top 5 Reason to Buy Real Estate Not Named Cash Flow I brought up some reasons that investors may consider real estate a potentially sound investment due to reasons other than cash flow. Before I bought my first property, my taxes sure were easy. I just inserted the amount...
Top 5 Reasons to Buy Real Estate Not Named Cashflow
Wednesday, December 16
1. Reduce Taxable Income. Many real estate investors have W2 employment or 1099 employment. Either way, there is tax liability for these investors. How much individuals pay in taxes does not depend solely on what your gross income amounts to, instead, it depends greatly on whether or not you are ...
Clients of Success are Bound to Flop on their Flips
Wednesday, December 02
Today, the Holton Wise sales team visited a speaking engagement presented by Success Path. I knew nothing about Success Path before I went to this speaking engagement. I made some notes on the presentation, which I will report on and offer my commentary as well.Success Path is a hard money lender...
Big Data in Real Estate
Wednesday, November 25
In today's post, I want to use experience I've had in two fields that I really love: databases and real estate. Specifically, with databases I want to go over new techniques using more data and varieties of data as it pertains to real estate. First of all, many companies store data using Excel sp...