Stephen Masek
Debt, The biggest drug
The Orange County Register ran this article by me on 11/6/2011, and I though you-all might like it.
Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms the most people.
The debt pushers have en...
A glamping site might sound like a fun real estate investment idea, but how feasible is it? Does it offer enough cash flow potential as a short-term rental property? How do you get a building permit for a unique struc...
As an investor, it’s easy to become fixated on cash flow, much like today’s guest at the start of his real estate journey. After realizing he was “house poor” with a mortgage payment larger than he could afford, Eric ...
Alicia Marks
QOTW: What are your best (and legal) tax saving strategies?
Since it's almost the end of the year, I wanted to focus our question on ideas and strategies that can help us make last minute changes to help lessen the tax burden, or to start the year with best practices.
Let's h...
Brian Hood
The "Infinite Return" BRRRR is BS
I love the BRRRR approach, but why isn't anyone factoring in their time into their ROI? Even if you have $0 in the deal, you may still have dozens of hours (or more) invested into finding the deal, buying the property...
Samuel Watts
Anyone doing BRRRR as a full time job? Good idea or bad idea?
Hello! I am finishing up my first BRRRR project now and getting ready to purchase my next project now and am wondering if it is possible to do this full time and if there is a good way to pay myself? A rundown on my f...
Ken Wang
Investment strategy for High income earner ?
Dear All,I am new to REI, and have been researching optimal investment strategy for me and my family. If we invest in cash flow property, after taking the depreciation tax benefit, the positive rental income will stil...
Michael Swan
What is your Return on Equity?
Hi all,Has anyone here ran a calculation of your return on equity? To do so, you take the current cash flow and you divide that by equity you have in your RE. So your personal home has little to no ROE. Right? It i...
Edwin De leon
COC & 2% Rule Question
If I buy a 4 Unit MF - what should be the minimum Cash on Cash Return To Aim For ? Is no less than 15% Fair or am I OFF mark or does this change if I buy a 3 Unit Family can it be lower than 15% or should stick to 15...
Anthony Gayden
Little Old Lady Saves $9 Million then Dies
Every year or so we hear another story about a person who passed away and had secretly amassed quite a large sum of money. In this case a legal secretary who had a net worth of $9,000,000.
http://m.newser.com/story/...