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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...
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I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...
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Twice recently people have told me of this new strategy to use a HELOC to pay off your mortgage faster. You essentially take out a HELOC to pay off your first lien, and then use that account to direct deposit your pa...
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Has anyone taken the plunge and attended any of the "Advanced Training" courses put on by the Rich Dad Education company? Last fall I attended a three day seminar put on by Rich Dad Education, but because of the steep...
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Hello! Can you suggest a Podcast or Webinar or give me your thoughts on setting up a team to do flips? The area I'm interested in is 3 hours from where I live.
1. Who do I need in my back pocket and as @David Greene...
Anyone else getting notified this morning of paused Ashcroft distributions due to refinancing issues?
We have been working on refinancing the asset in order to access the equity and create liquidity to earnestly res...
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The role of the Appraiser is an odd one: Way too much art (opinions) and way too little science (data-analytics), with way, way, way too little accountability. While the world embraces tech tools to automate workflow...
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Door count is the worst (commonly discussed) metric in the real estate investing community. Why does everyone use it? Can we all decide to collectively kill it? Or are there some of you out there that stand by door co...
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After many of the Ashcroft capital syndications paused distributions, I get this surprise email this morning saying all LP investors need to pay additional 19.7% of invested capital call anyone have experience with c...
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Has anyone ever worked with the hard money lender Xpress Loans 911?