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.
Why do people put up with jobs they hate? Or limit their upside opportunity and use only a fraction of their potential in their
Being a real estate investor means handling a lot of cash. It may not seem that way, especially at first, but think about it.
Bargains, bargains everywhere, but it’s hard to get a loan. Even in the good old days of fast and easy Fannie and Freddie money,
One of the best parts of learning in a classroom is hearing the questions asked by other students. Sometimes they ask things you would
Happy Memorial Day! We decided this was the perfect day to reflect upon two of fundamental rights which make up the essence of freedom:
New flash! Lots of people have endured a lot of pain, and many are still working their way out, as a result of the
As Joel Grey and Liza Minnelli sang in Cabaret, “Money makes the world go ’round”! And, as we all found out in 2008, when
Investors are playing a vital role in helping the housing market heal. But who are these investors and how are they doing it? To
Donald Trump’s legendary comeback is one of the great real estate stories in recent history. But how do you relate to anything The Donald
Building wealth over the long term and passing it along tax-free to subsequent generations is one of the great features of real estate (when
For the ninth straight year, The Real Estate Guys™ and an energized group of committed real estate investors boarded a cruise ship for a
Unless you’re a Jedi Knight, it’s probably not smart to simply trust your feelings when it comes to piloting your real estate investments. We
Easy money caused hot markets to go super-nova. And when the music stopped these formerly high flying markets came crashing down in unprecedented fashion.
Listen now: Sometimes people confuse real estate investing with running a real estate business – especially when everyone says you’re supposed to run your
Since we’re big shot jet-setters, we thought we’d fly our semi-private jet (the one we share with with 135 other Southwest Airlines passengers) over
When we went to the National Hard Money Conference in Las Vegas, we met a guy who had over 30 years in commercial hard
The idea of making big money as a real estate investment fund portfolio manager is enough to get most people all hot and bothered.
Central banks around the world have been pumping “liquidity” into their respective economies since 2008. In the USA, the Fed has gone through two
There’s no such thing as a stupid question. Well okay, there actually are some pretty stupid questions, but that’s why we take questions by
Experts predict prices will either rise or decline. It’s that time of year where we like to take a look at what all of