Overview It’s been said your net worth is based on the size of your network. In any business, and certainly including real estate investing, a big network of the right people is arguably your MOST valuable asset. Standing on the threshold of a New Year is an ideal time to reflect on the lessons of […]
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Overview The world of investing in single family homes changed after the Great Recession. Once the sole purview of Mom & Pop investors, today huge hedge funds like Blackstone own tens of thousands of houses. In this episode, broadcast from the 4th annual Single Family Residential Investment Forum in Scottsdale Arizona, we interview several of the
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Overview The Fed FINALLY raises rates for the first time in nearly a decade. Now what? How does a Fed rate increase impact real estate and real estate investors? In this episode, Robert and Russ discuss the short term and big picture impact of the Fed’s long awaited move…and what it might mean for real
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New Crowdfunding Rules for Non-Accredited Investors Overview Attorney Mauricio Rauld updates us on the new crowdfunding rules issued by the SEC. Finally, the doors are opening for non-accredited real estate investors to get in on private equity opportunities. While this is very exciting news, purveyors of private placements need to know the rules…or risk running
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Lots of great real estate investing questions from our loyal listeners in this edition of Ask The Guys, including should I invest or pay off debt. Should I invest or pay off debt? How do I get started in investing? Should I sell my property to my tenant? Our producers said we had a lot of really
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While American media is focused on the chances of a Thanksgiving weekend terrorist attack (not to make light of those concerns)…a group of international bureaucrats will be meeting to decide if the world will take a step closer to a Chinese yuan reserve currency. On Monday November 30th, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) votes on whether the yuan (the currency
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Want Long Term Success? Realize it is a Relationship Business Real estate investing is very much a relationship business. And yet because it attracts loners and mavericks, many real estate investors don’t always play their relationships cards well. In our careers, we’ve seen a lot of people do this relationship business right…and quite a few
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Oil matters to real estate investors. And not just for the obvious impact on the price of gasoline and your tenants’ budgets. It’s MUCH bigger than that. Let’s take a look… On November 13th we saw this headline: Crude Oil Getting Slammed This caught our attention because we’ve been watching oil for many reasons. First,
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Will the Fed raise interest rates? Will gold go up? Will stocks crash? Inquiring minds want to know! And so do real estate investors. So we sit down to chat with three of the smartest guys we know…a Bull, a Bear and a Bug (gold that is). And then we discuss what it all means to
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It’s been said, “The devil’s in the details.” This is certainly true when it comes to buying real estate…even unimproved real estate. After all, there’s so much that the naked and untrained eye just can’t see, which is why property inspections are so important. In this episode, we take a look at some of the
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