It’s been said the only thing certain in life is death and taxes. Of course, properly structured and well-advised real estate investors can usually mitigate most of their taxes. Meanwhile, before people die, they live. Along the way, they get older. And as people age, their needs change … … and because entrepreneurship is about […]
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Entrepreneurship is not for everyone. Being your own boss can be intoxicating and lucrative, but there’s a lot of work that goes into building a business. The holy grail of being successful as a real estate investor is passive income. But to reach that goal, you have to come up with enough capital to feed
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With so much craziness in the world, we thought we’d consider what it might mean for real estate investors. After all, why should paper asset investors get all the thrills of global instability? Real estate investing might be stable, but it doesn’t have to be boring! Biggest sword competition … You may have heard that
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Every real estate investor is afloat in a vast economic sea. As an investor, it’s easy to believe you’re on stable ground … only to wake up and find you’ve drifted far from your goals. We believe SMART real estate investors (you!) have to act a bit like ocean biologists … tracking the winds, noting
Clues in the News – Housing Sales, Home Improvement and Foreign Investors Read More »
Timeless real estate wisdom says three things matter most when deciding what to buy … location, location, location. It’s tongue-in-cheek, but the point is real estate derives its value from demand. The key is choosing properties most likely to surge in demand relative to supply. Of course, deciphering supply and demand means looking at demographics,
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There are three undeniable certainties in life. We are born. We live. We die. We don’t have control over the birth and death part, but we can decide how we want to live. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™, we have invited Gene Guarino to teach us his secret solution to the age-old
Pig in a Python – Investing in Undeniable Demographics Read More »
Like waves on the beach or the rising and setting of the sun … the ebb and flow of the infamous “business cycle” is something every entrepreneur and investor must navigate. The marketplace is fluid and dynamic. There are no lane lines or guard rails. More importantly, there is no singular cycle because there is
Waiting for the next recession … Read More »
Periodically, we like to bring you stories of real-life investors … investors who’ve been in your shoes and made it up rocky paths to emerge better than they started! The investors on our show today all fell into real estate investing in different ways, but one thing brings them together … they all attended our
Real Life Lessons – Raising Capital to Fund Bigger Deals Read More »
Real estate investing can be lonely. Very few financial conferences or commentators even talk about real estate … much less endorse it as a wealth building vehicle. So real estate investors huddle together in obscure corners of the financial community … quietly making money and muttering about the trials and tribulations of tenants, toilets and
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Although real estate investors deal with real assets and not volatile holdings, we think it’s crucial to understand the larger economic picture. We’ve been attending Freedom Fest since the 2008 financial crisis. Conventions like Freedom Fest bring together leaders of all types and set the stage for respectful dialogue between smart people with varying opinions.
Jim Rogers, Steve Forbes and Peter Schiff from Freedom Fest Read More »