According to MSN Real Estate, home flipping—the act of buying a dilapidated house, renovating it and selling it for profit—is heating up again. After the housing bubble collapsed some four years ago, the flipping world came to a grinding halt. Though plenty of inexpensive homes were available on the market, including many foreclosures, the flat-lined […]
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We’re living in a world of great financial uncertainty. But inside all of that uncertainty are amazing opportunities. That’s really good news, because in an economy that isn’t creating many high paying jobs, with all kinds of queasy money distorting asset values and suppressing interest rates; plus rising costs of healthcare and other essential products
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Many people are seeing the big opportunity in raising private money to do more and bigger deals. So we thought it would be a good idea to go into the Archives and dig up an episode we did with our friend and attorney Mauricio Rauld. After all, we don’t want anyone getting into a syndicationally
1/26/14: From the Archive – Practicing Safe Syndication Read More »
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 going full-time as is making gobs of money. But we’ve noticed that many of the most successful investors we’ve met usually end up in partnerships, whether they are temporary of permanent.
1/19/14: Creating Power Partnerships – Finding and Becoming the Right Partner Read More »
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 way. After discovering the painful price of myopia in 2008, we’re not only diligently watching the horizon, but we spend a lot more time talking to smart people from a variety
1/12/14: Booms, Busts and Bubbles – Watching Market Cycles Read More »
As Google Glass prepares to move from testing into production, real estate agents and app designers are excited about its potential to revolutionize home buying. Trulia announced an early app in June, and other real estate websites such as Zillow soon followed. Just as the Internet revolutionized home selling by helping buyers view listings and
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Robert Kiyosaki says, “Savers are losers”. Does this mean you should consume more than you produce, or that saving is bad? Of course not. There are multiple meanings to the Savers are Losers concept. In addition to drawing a distinction between working for money (saving) versus having money work for you (investing), there’s the problem
12/29/13: Thinking Outside the Buck – How Savers Can Avoid Being Losers Read More »
Here we are on the threshold of a brand new year. No matter your age or station in life, this new year is the first of the rest of your life. No one really knows how many he or she has left. What’s on YOUR list for 2014? While getting gifts is great, what’s truly
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“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 Real Estate Guys™ 😉 “And quite Frankly, my dear, Dodd doesn’t give a damn.” – Rhett Butler in Gone With The Wind…again, slightly modified by yours truly. Yes, we’re old media
12/22/13: Who Moved the Door? How Dodd-Frank Affects Your Exit Strategy Read More »
World leaders and banking elite have sometimes secret summits to make their plans for managing the global economy. What they decide affects YOU…whether you like it or not. Isn’t it time YOU and other investors got together with the best and brightest experts to make YOUR plans to grow and protect your wealth from whatever
Our Most Important Summit Yet Read More »