Strategies
Apartment buildings are the logical step up for most single-family home investors. And apartments are where many of the “big boys” play. In a low interest rate world, the cash flows on multi-family properties has attracted gobs of capital…creating a many funding options, but also a lot of competition for viable deals. In this episode, we […]
Finding, Financing and Syndicating Multi-Family Properties Read More »
So many opportunities…so little time! In this fifth and final episode of our series on how to get off the beaten path to find better cash flows, we take a rapid fire look at a variety of real estate niches. We discover there are MANY places an intrepid real estate investor can go to find profits…without
09/27/15: In Search of Yield – Real Estate Niches to Get Rich In Read More »
If you’ve ever wondered how to invest in commercial real estate, this is a great episode to get started with. That’s because there are MANY ways to make money from commercial real estate. And as we’ve been discussing for the last few episodes, with cash flows on residential real estate tightening, alert investors have already begun
09/20/15: In Search of Yield – Creating Cash Flow from Commercial Real Estate Read More »
Big banks and Wall Street have once again been accused of manipulating a MAJOR financial market. This time they’ve been slapped with a lawsuit alleging manipulations of the mammoth Treasury market. Maybe getting caught in the LIBOR scandal and paying BILLIONS in fines wasn’t enough of a hand slap. Or maybe the fines are just
09/13/15: In Search of Yield – Escape from Wall Street with Private Placements Read More »
In the second installment of our series on looking outside of little green houses for higher cash flows, we turn our attention to a Monopoly favorite….big red hotels. Except in this case, they aren’t big, they aren’t red…and they aren’t necessarily on Boardwalk or Marvin Gardens. So in this episode, we sit down with a seasoned
09/06/15: In Search of Yield – Hotel and Resort Investing Read More »
Just as ancient hunter-gatherers would migrate in search of sustenance, real estate investors today might be well-served to migrate into new markets and product types to find yields. In this first episode in our series on finding yield, we go WAY outside the box of little green houses and red hotels on Main Street USA…and take
08/30/15: In Search of Yield – Going Global Read More »
Safety, privacy and yield are important concerns for anyone with large amounts of cash…most of which is stored in bank accounts. As your real estate portfolio grows, so do your deposits, maintenance reserves and float. And if you’re waiting for that next great opportunity, you may have a chunk of cash on hand for that too!
08/23/15: Safety, Privacy and Yield with Private Banking Read More »
In this fourth and final installment of our series on developing your personal investment strategy and putting it into action, we finally get to the place where most people start: the property. In the studio perfectly poised for profound and prolific pontification: Your practically perfect host, Robert Helms His immensely imperfect co-host, Russell Gray The
07/12/15: Picking the Perfect Property for Your Portfolio 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 »
Best-selling author James Rickards (Currency Wars and The Death of Money) recommends land as a place to store and protect wealth from the dangers of paper currencies. In spite of the recent blip up, the dollar has a 100 year history of going DOWN, so it probably makes sense to “sell” dollars when they’re “high”
1/11/15: Dirt to Dollars – Investing in Raw Land that Cash Flows Read More »