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.
Equity is back for many investors! That means it’s time to start thinking about equity optimization strategies again. Ahhh….it reminds us of the good
Imagine standing at your front window and suddenly you see a horrific car crash…right in front of your house! You rush outside and see
Real estate is going to the next level. Are you? In case you hadn’t noticed, real estate prices have been rising in many markets.
What do you think of when you hear “Orlando”? For old guys like us, we think of tying a yellow ribbon ’round an old
Have you heard? There’s been some bad weather lately….and it seems to have sub-marined much of the U.S. economy. At least that’s the official
If you want great answers, you have to ask great questions. In this edition of Ask The Guys, we take on several great questions
Everyone wants a good deal. In fact, everyone wants a GREAT deal. But how do you organize your real estate investing business to be
Many people are seeing the big opportunity in raising private money to do more and bigger deals. So we thought it would be a
Real estate investing is a business that often attracts loners and mavericks. Freedom from bosses and co-workers is often as much the motivation for
As market mariners, we’re always watching the financial waves to know which way the wind is blowing and whether a swell is headed our
Robert Kiyosaki says, “Savers are losers”. Does this mean you should consume more than you produce, or that saving is bad? Of course not.
“Dodd only knows. Dodd makes his plans. The information’s unavailable to the mortal man.” – Slip Sliding Away by Paul Simon…slightly modified by The
In this episode, The Real Estate Guys™ answer your question with our questionable answers. 😉 And at the end of the broadcast, a living
Call us paranoid (we’ve been called worse), but all the worldwide currency and credit expansion makes us a little nervous. Sure, we like it
Options are one of the most interesting yet misunderstood tools in an investor’s tool box. And how you think of them depends on whether
John Denver once sang, “Life on the road is kinda laid back.” Not for us. But thank God we’re real estate guys. For you
Rehabbing is a rite of passage for real estate investors. Nearly everyone tries it at some point. Some people like it. A few even
Whether times are good, bad, uncertain or chaotic, it always makes sense to focus on fundamentals. And there’s nothing more fundamental than food. In
We think crowdfunding could be the Facebook of connecting money to Main Street. Yes, it could be THAT big. So we decided to go
The dollar has been on a steady decline since Nixon took it off the gold standard in 1971. Since then, the dollar has lost