Know Thy Cap Rate: The illusive obvious.For some reason cap rates seem to be the most misunderstood term (ratio actually) in all of real estate.

We have no illusions of this being a get-rich-quick way of making extra income, but we're excited for the opportunity and looking forward to this new endeavor.We are primarily looking for single family homes or a duplex to buy and hold to get us started.

Just as with illegal drugs, the temporal happiness it promises is a fleeting illusion, quickly replaced by a grim reality.

Security is an illusion and a mindset. 

My goal is that illusive financial freedom, I don't want to work a "9-5" anymore (technically I work 10PM-530AM..... it's rough), and I don't want to work for someone else anymore.

many companies will try to market themselves as a private lender in the hopes that they give the illusion that they will be cheaper. 

The deduction you fell in love with, recovers only part of your cost...and is an illusion anyway. 

If you pay all cash, you may think your cash flow is better due to no mortgage payment, but it's an illusion. 

Use calibrated questions to create the illusion of control:Open-ended “how” or “what” questions have the power to progress a negotiation without eliminating your counterpart’s sense of control.

It is an illusion.