As investors, we spend most of our time on the offense … Looking for great deals, excellent markets, cash flow, equity growth, tax savings … But while those things are essential, to borrow the words of legendary football coach Paul “Bear” Bryant, “Offense wins games … defense wins championships.” And like many of us […]
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Value-add real estate investing accelerates equity growth … often by increasing income. By making a property more appealing to a tenant or buyer, you make the property more valuable … without needing to wait for inflation. Value-add investing reduces some of the price risk when acquiring properties near the top of a market cycle. But
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Do you remember the opening scenes from the classic movie Mary Poppins? The camera focuses on a weather vane changing direction as observers comment … “Looks like the winds are changing over 17 Cherry Tree Lane” … home to one George W. Banks. But today it’s the Fed’s Janet Yellen – not Mary Poppins –
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As any real estate investor knows, properties may generate passive income, but owning them is far from passive. Because even if you have great property managers and you never see your tenants, you still have important decisions to make about markets, debt and equity. And while most real estate investors focus on doing deals and
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