An essential element of real estate investing is protecting the assets you’ve worked so hard to acquire. When you’re just starting out, your investment business is pretty low liability. But as you acquire properties, the liabilities build up … and a legal problem with one property could cascade and affect your other assets if you […]
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Across the country, real estate markets are hot … and getting hotter. That means compressed cap rates … which in turn mean a lower rate of return for investors. So how can investors find a market that will offer great returns in good times and bad? In today’s show, we’ll discuss the market fundamentals that
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“You can’t handle the truth!” – Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men Neither optimists or pessimists can handle the truth.Optimists refuse to acknowledge the part of reality that’s negative … … while pessimists can’t see the ever-present opportunities hidden behind the problems. While we’d rather be optimistic than pessimistic, maybe it’s better to be BOTH.“The
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Regular followers know we’re news hawks. We scour the headlines for clues about opportunities and threats facing real estate investors. We look at the good, the bad, the ugly … and consider things at the micro, macro, geo-political, and systemic level. Even though we watch a broad range of real estate niches … we tend
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A common adage is “treat your investing as a business”. Good advice! And at first blush, you might think it means … Figuring out your mission, vision, values … Establishing clearly defined goals and objectives … Developing strategies, tactics, processes, policies and procedures … Recruiting, training, and leading a team … Setting up communication and
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One of the primary purposes of easy money (“quantitative easing” or QE) is to inflate asset prices, bloat balance sheets, and create a wealth effect. The formula is simple. Print gobs of money, buy bonds to drop interest rates, and flood the markets with liquidity. Corporations borrow cheap money to buyback stocks … pushing stock
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You’ve probably noticed Amazon is taking over the world. There’s a lot we could say, but we’ll narrow our focus to lessons for real estate investors … In the May Housing News Report, there’s an article about Amazon’s ongoing search for their second headquarters (HQ2). Even from just a real estate perspective, Amazon is a fascinating
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Hard to believe it’s nearly 10 years since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed and were taken over by Uncle Sam. Time flies when you’re getting rich. It’s been a GREAT run for residential real estate investors … especially apartment investors. Free money in the punch bowl can really juice up a profit party. But
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Even though the Fed skipped a rate hike last meeting, someone forgot to tell the 10-year Treasury yield, which has broken over three-percent … DOUBLE where it was just two years ago. In case you don’t know, the 10-year Treasury yield is arguably the single most important interest rate on Earth … certainly for real
Rising rates, oil, and an angry Amazon … Read More »
In spite of rising rates and concerns about bubbles … real estate is looking pretty good right now. At least the right real estate in the right markets. Of course, “real estate” can mean a lot of different things. In this case, we’re talking about good ol’ fashioned single-family residences. Houses. Yes, we know mortgage
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