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07/26/15: Tax Reform and Real Estate Investing with Steve Forbes and Grover Norquist

07/26/15: Tax Reform and Real Estate Investing with Steve Forbes and Grover Norquist

Tax policy can be a VERY polarizing issue.  Just think about what happened in Boston in the late 1700’s. However, tax considerations play a big role in the decisions real estate investors make when choosing markets, financing structures and hold terms.  All diligent real estate investors spend a lot of time with their tax strategist […]

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Trump, Kiyosaki and What Government Could Learn from Real Estate Investors

Trump, Kiyosaki and What Government Could Learn from Real Estate Investors

The ultimate real estate guy is running for the ultimate political office. Government could learn a lot from real estate investors like Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Like him or not, Donald Trump is a force to be reckoned with. So we decided to risk a little controversy and take up a conversation about what

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07/12/15: Picking the Perfect Property for Your Portfolio

07/12/15: Picking the Perfect Property for Your Portfolio

In this fourth and final installment of our series on developing your personal investment strategy and putting it into action, we finally get to the place where most people start: the property. In the studio perfectly poised for profound and prolific pontification: Your practically perfect host, Robert Helms His immensely imperfect co-host, Russell Gray The

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07/05/15: Putting Together Your Real Estate Investment Team

07/05/15: Putting Together Your Real Estate Investment Team

Robert Kiyosaki says “Investing is a team sport.” We agree! And this is especially true with real estate investing because unlike paper assets…properties aren’t uniform commodities which lend themselves to being traded on electronic exchanges. Instead, the buying and selling of real estate involves people…lots of them. And so who you have on your team

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06/28/15:  Choosing Your Markets – Finding the Best Place to Invest

06/28/15: Choosing Your Markets – Finding the Best Place to Invest

Getting into a long-term relationship with a market is a big decision.  It’s important to take time up front to consider if you’re truly compatible with each other Do you have similar goals and personalities?  Common friends and values? If things change or don’t work out,…do you have a plan to move on without too

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07/05/15: Putting Together Your Real Estate Investment Team

06/21/15: The Secret to Finding a Great Deal – Your Personal Investment Philosophy

We’ve been told, ‘There are no problem properties…only problem ownerships.” Jim Carrey put it a different way in the movie, The Grinch…“One’s man toxic waste dump is another man’s potpourri!” The WHY is perhaps obvious. Certain types of properties and the demographics they attract require a specific temperament, skill set, risk tolerance and expectation.  Mismatching

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5/24/15: Demographic Shifts – Double Digit Returns with Assisted Living Facilities

5/24/15: Demographic Shifts – Double Digit Returns with Assisted Living Facilities

Even when people stay still, time doesn’t. So today, one of the largest and most economically powerful demographics…the baby boomers…are living in “empty nests”, enjoying or preparing for retirement…and thinking about things like long term care for their parents…and ultimately for themselves. Of course, every time the baby boomers hit a new economic phase of

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