However, as great a generator as appreciation may be, it does have a dark side.

Tanner promotes creating personal retirement accounts through investments in assets that generate passive income, providing more control over one's financial future.

We estimate that we need roughly 9 more properties that generate $300 / month in cash flow to meet this goal.Currently, we are a single-income household.

  (2) This  investor owns SFH's in a market that possesses the fundamentals but sells prematurely and fails to take advantage of the primary appreciation event. (3) This investor fails to recognize the equity generated through the primary appreciation event is better served being reinvested in more efficient asset classes that will generate a greater return profile after the primary appreciation event occurs. 

Used to generate 150k yr income Lessons learned?

Most often, it's a case of watching one of our videos, seeing the 6 and 7-figure returns we generate, and thinking they've stumbled across a get-rich-quick program.But Branden, after reading your entry, I took some time to review your call.

Making 8% cash on cash in other states may be cool for some, and everyone loves to hate on California real estate investing, but I'd bet a lot of money you've come across clients who have made generation wealth right here.

An example problem statement that I may have stated (and built the software for) in 2003, when I started investing full time: Build a tool for lead generation that collects county records from the county recorder's office (and property card data), finds the recent first mortgage defaults  from trustees websites or public filings for properties that are between 1000 and 1700 square feet, in a neighborhood of 90% like-kind properties with greater than 20 parcels, houses built after 1978, that can cash flow at current rates when fully leveraged. 

Don't settle for properties that merely break even; aim for those that generate consistent income from the start.

I'd look at land development as an equity capture tool to generate additional returns. land is a buyer's market in almost every market. you just have to expand what you are willing to do or your strategies.