The following are my thoughts on the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and any thoughts of upcoming bailouts. As an advocate for responsible financial practices, I believe that the government should not bail out banks t...

What prevents us all from becoming super wealthy?  Plain and simple it is the return you get from your net worth.  So, for an experiment take your net worth.  That means, if you were to sell everything today and paid ...

Hello everyone, I have a family friend that is about to go to college and is very interested in real estate investing and says that will be his future. He asked me what he should major in and I told him business admin...

I recently purchased my first rental property with no money down.  I did so by necessity as I am cash broke!  However, I do put a substantial amount of money into my 401K account every pay check.  I have always been r...

I strongly believe whether or not you use debt or don't use debt to buy real estate, it is important to pay off debt that is not related to your RE investments.   All of that interest your paying is money that could b...

Seeing a difference in buyers/sellers/tenants?
Colleagues are posting signs and we are sanitizing.

Midwestern markets are like football teams. Many people have an irrational attachment to them. Even if the population is declining, jobs are disappearing, and the city is mismanaged, they still advocate for them. So, ...

Looking for feedback from those using Rently, a lockbox/service which allows prospective tenants to let themselves in to view a property. http://use.rently.com/how-rently-works/Seems a little scary to me. Any horror s...