Are Turnkey Rentals the New 60/40 Portfolio Alternative?
Tuesday, October 20
Are turnkey rentals the new 60/40 portfolio alternative? By Tom Ott For decades, an investment portfolio composed of 60% stocks and 40% bonds has been the baseline recommendation of most financial planners and stockbrokers. Given the negative correlation between stocks and bonds, U.S. Treasuries ...
Buyers Have Come Back to The Housing Market; Sellers Not So Much
Tuesday, August 25
As Americans emerged from their shelter-in-place COVID captivity in recent weeks, a lot of them headed right back to the housing market, which had been on a multi-year run when 2019 ended. What’s the lure? Low, low mortgage rates, and predictions that they are likely to stay that way, plus a b...
The Strong Case for Investing in Single-Family in 2020
Tuesday, July 21
The diminished appeal of urban living in costly metropolises like New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle is making this a good time to invest in single-family homes. That’s the word from both real estate agents on Main Street and analysts and executives talking to Wall Street. In the wake ...
How to Get Financially Free by Purchasing SFRs
Friday, May 22
Most people dream of becoming financially free … and most people aren’t exactly sure what path to take to get there. If you’ve got cash to invest, where should you put it? Should you start a small business, buy stocks, or invest it in real estate? What about purchasing SFRs? Many experts agre...
Why the BRRRR Method is a Risky Gamble for Out of State Investing
Friday, May 08
It seems that every year, a new real estate investing strategy rises to the forefront. Recently, the trend du jour is the BRRRR method, which stands for “Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, and Repeat.” The acronym is self-explanatory: an investor buys a distressed property, remodels it to make it ren...
Why Hiring a Property Manager Beats Being Your Own Landlord
Monday, June 24
When most people think of a property manager, they think of someone who handles hundreds of units or commercial properties. While this is true to some extent, many investors hire property managers even for single units when self-management starts getting out of their hands. Landlords stand divide...