The Real Estate Guys™ Blog
Weekly blog posts keep you up-to-date with news and views you can use. Looking at economics, trends, clues in the news, markets, financing and more … all from the perspective of a real estate investor.
There’s bad debt, good debt, and GREAT debt. And while leverage can be devastating for consumers and speculators, it’s a powerful tool in the
Private notes are a proven path to conservative cashflow and surprisingly high yields. But there’s a lot more to note investing than most investors
Many amateur investors … both Wall Street and Main Street … tend to “wing it” … investing on tips, hunches, intuition, and “feel”. And
Special guest and attorney Mauricio Rauld joins us for an important discussion of legal concepts all real estate investors should be both aware of
How to access and reposition untapped equity? What holding structure is best to purchase and protect assets? Is it better to pay down debt
Most real estate investors wish they’d started sooner. It’s been said, “Don’t wait to buy real estate, buy real estate, and wait.” Good
Last time, we explored the growling evidence that in spite of a tame Consumer Price Index (CPI), real-world inflation is becoming “a thing.” This
We REALLY tried to get this into one article, but it’s just too big … so this is Part 1 of 2 … and
Four-unit residential properties allow savvy investors to get maximum benefit from the most favorable mortgages available. But fourplex investing doesn’t necessarily mean taking on
When the world is crazy, investing in essentials is often the safest way to go. That’s why we like housing, energy, healthcare, distribution, and
A Reddit group called WallStreetBets revealed blatant manipulation in stock trading markets. Then they went after silver, creating a stir in the precious metals
The David versus Goliath saga of Robinhood day traders has alerted Main Street that Wall Street is a rigged game … in favor of club members.
It’s been a long, winding, and somewhat treacherous road. But here we are at the dawn of the next Presidential administration of the United States.
It’s time for Ask The Guys … the episode where you ask and we answer! After 25 years of doing this program …
Global pandemic … Political turmoil … Worldwide economic distress. It’s tempting to just sit back and wait for everything to go back to
2020 was ground-zero for the decade of the ’20s… and one of the wildest beginnings to a decade in quite a while. Extreme political
Our experience has shown us that real estate investing is a TEAM sport. Everyone on the team is important … but there is an
The world of commercial lending is changing. Lockdowns, eviction moratoriums, stimulus, and financial system instability are just a few of the many factors contributing
In 1995, a New Zealand one-hit-wonder musical group called OMC released their chart-topping song How Bizarre. When you think about everything going on in
In Gary Keller’s life-changing book, The One Thing, he brings into focus the importance of focusing on “the one thing.” Hence the catchy title. Although similar to Curly’s