Asset Protection Strategies to Help Protect What You’ve Built Most people invest in real estate for building wealth to enjoy then pass on to their family. But because of poor or little asset protection strategies, some investors lose huge chunks of their assets to lawsuits and taxation. That’s sad. And it’s largely preventable. But in an age […]
10/18/15: Going Global for Privacy, Asset Protection and Tax Savings Read More »
Tax policy can be a VERY polarizing issue. Just think about what happened in Boston in the late 1700’s. However, tax considerations play a big role in the decisions real estate investors make when choosing markets, financing structures and hold terms. All diligent real estate investors spend a lot of time with their tax strategist
07/26/15: Tax Reform and Real Estate Investing with Steve Forbes and Grover Norquist Read More »
The ultimate real estate guy is running for the ultimate political office. Government could learn a lot from real estate investors like Donald Trump and Robert Kiyosaki. Like him or not, Donald Trump is a force to be reckoned with. So we decided to risk a little controversy and take up a conversation about what
Trump, Kiyosaki and What Government Could Learn from Real Estate Investors Read More »
Unless you just stepped out of a flying Delorean, you’ve probably heard that China has ascended to the threshold of taking its place among the economic elite in the world. But the story in the East is even bigger than China… In The Real Estate Guys™ radio show covered wagon to look East and
05/31/15: Geographic Shifts – Look East Young Man Read More »
Even when people stay still, time doesn’t. So today, one of the largest and most economically powerful demographics…the baby boomers…are living in “empty nests”, enjoying or preparing for retirement…and thinking about things like long term care for their parents…and ultimately for themselves. Of course, every time the baby boomers hit a new economic phase of
5/24/15: Demographic Shifts – Double Digit Returns with Assisted Living Facilities Read More »
We all know shift happens…and it can be messy. But rather than complain about it, nimble and resourceful investors find new markets, strategies and product types to keep their portfolio chugging down the track. Of course, for professional fund managers this is nothing new. But for most day-to-day nose-to-the-grindstone real estate investors, the idea of
5/17/15: Economic Shifts – Real Estate Diversification and Emerging Markets Read More »
Think about the role money has in your daily life… As real estate investors, we buy, rent, sell and refinance…all to acquire dollars…which is currently the money de jour. And because, since 1944 the dollar has served as the world’s reserve currency, the health of the dollar affects virtually everyone…everywhere. Lately, we’ve seen a lot of headlines
03/22/15: The Death of Money – A Conversation with Jim Rickards Read More »
It’s said the only things which are certain are death and taxes. We think this could be modified to DEBT and taxes….especially when you consider the relationship between the two. BUT…we’ll put our tin-foil hats in our lead cased fire-proof safe and focus on the tax…er, task…at hand. We were out in the Phoenix area
02/22/15: New Tax Regulations Every Real Estate Investor Must Know Read More »
In a recent article published by CNBC, famed economist Robert Shiller (yes, that Robert Shiller of the oft-referenced Case-Shiller index) is quoted as saying he thinks stocks are a better investment than real estate over a lifetime. REALLY??? That’s like kicking a sleeping dog. So we got up off the couch and decided to do
12/14/14: Stocks or Real Estate – Which is a Better Investment? Read More »
Money makes the world go around. But when you don’t have enough, loans are pretty handy. Real estate financing has changed a LOT in the years following the Great Recession. To get up to speed on the state of the art of lending, in this episode we interview two loan pros. Sitting in the broadcast
12/7/14: Financing Update – The Latest in Residential and Commercial Lending Read More »