Everyone wants to add value to their investments. Value-add real estate investing does just that … often accelerating equity growth by increasing income. Each time you work to make a property more appealing to a tenant or a buyer, you make the property a more valuable investment … and you don’t have to wait for […]
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Lending is a big part of real estate investing … but sometimes your situation doesn’t fit the traditional lending mold. If you … or your deals … require out-of-the-box funding … have no fear! There is a great, big, wide world of alternative funding solutions just waiting to be discovered. And the payoff can be
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As the political cycle ramps up, housing affordability might get some attention. And it’s more complex than you might think. Obviously, housing policies have the potential to affect YOUR real estate investing … so it’s smart to pay attention. Of course, there’s always risk in talking politics. Everyone has heroes and talking points. Sometimes it’s
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In case you missed it, silver exploded nearly five percent higher … in a single day … which takes its impressive year-to-date gain to nearly twenty percent. Of course, we’re not into using precious metals as trading vehicles to churn out short-term dollar-denominated capital gains. We think real investing is about acquiring streams of passive
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Real estate investing is largely the business of using debt to acquire streams of income and build oceans of equity. In the hands of a professional real estate investor, mortgages are like a super-charged power tool … making the job of wealth building easier, faster, and more profitable. Of course, powerful tools in the hands
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If you follow the financial news, you’ve probably noticed some talk about “the everything bubble”. Basically, it’s rising asset value prices for … everything. We know that sounds great. At least as long as YOU own the assets BEFORE they inflate. When you do, equity happens to you and it’s awesome. But until you sell,
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As of this writing, we’re not sure what the Fed will do with interest rates, though it’s widely expected they’ll cut. So as much as we’d like to talk about what it means to real estate investors, we’ll wait to see what happens. And even though mainstream financial media are finally paying attention to gold
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In our last edition, we discussed what gold might be revealing that the Fed isn’t … while waiting to see what Fed Chair Jerome Powell would say to Congress. But now the great and powerful Powell has spoken … and there are a couple of notable nuggets worthy of an inquisitive real estate investor’s attention.
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Booming business, a tech-savvy workforce, a diverse culture, and a flourishing downtown! This jewel of the South has proven its ability to weather economic downturns. With a low cost of living and lots of charm, Little Rock is a market on the move. Learn all about “The Rock” in this special report!
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In our last edition we took a look at this chart for clues to where we’re at in “the cycle” … Housing Price Index to Production Wage Index SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIC DATA HTTPS://FRED.STLOUISFED.ORG (The data came from the Fed, but the chart was put together by The Heritage Foundation here) You can see a tight
A divergence in the farce … Read More »