Strategies
Finding money to take advantage of the many great bargains in today’s real estate market can be challenging. After all, those easy cash out loans and the equity they created are largely gone. So investors have been looking in other places for investment capital. In this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ radio show, we […]
Lodging and hospitality is a business that involves providing real estate and an array of services to business and leisure travelers. That’s pretty straight forward. As real estate investors, any time there’s real estate and cash flow, we’re interested. And when you do the math on nightly rentals, you can see there’s some real
9/30/12: Hotel Impossible or Can You Make Money in Lodging and Hospitality Read More »
One of the secrets to making a lot of money is to catch a profitable wave. Sounds interesting, but how does it work? Well, a financial wave happens when a variety of forces converge to move people or their money in a particular direction. That movement can have a substantial impact on any given asset
5/6/12: Catching the Wave – Where Tropical Profits are a Breeze Read More »
It’s funny how people will buy a fancy new car or a big new home and invest a bunch of money into a security system. Yet so many real estate investors don’t put any thought or money into creating a security system around the equity and cash flow building up in their investment properties. And
3/4/12: Keeping What You Have – Asset Protection Strategies for Real Estate Investors Read More »
Who in their right mind would buy over $300 million of real estate in the middle of a giant recession? And if that isn’t crazy enough, who would think that people actually need and love the rat race? In this eclectic episode of The Real Estate Guys™ radio show, we talk to two very thought
11/6/11: Multi-Family Market Musings plus a Different Look at the Rat Race Read More »
When it comes to retirement, getting there means knowing where, why and how. And without foresight, opportunities can be squandered or missed altogether. Since real estate is simply a means to an end, it’s important to begin with the end in mind. Host Robert Helms takes a look at what things you need to think
9/18/11: Retirement Planning Abroad and Beyond – How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too Read More »
Moving up to the “big deals” is the goal of everyone who plays Robert Kiyosaki’s Cash Flow game, just like going from little green houses to big red hotels is the path to riches in Parker Brothers’ Monopoly. The bigger the property, the more profit potential there is. In the real world, the natural progression
7/3/11: Apartment Investing Opportunities – Moving Up to the Big Deals Read More »
Being a real estate investor means handling a lot of cash. It may not seem that way, especially at first, but think about it. There’s the float on the cash flowing through your bank account. Then there’s the cash you maintain and build up to handle contingencies and long term maintenance. You have deposits you
6/19/11: Be Your Own Bank – Cash Management Strategies for Real Estate Investors Read More »
Bargains, bargains everywhere, but it’s hard to get a loan. Even in the good old days of fast and easy Fannie and Freddie money, it’s always been hard to move quickly or get approved for distressed property. Of course, you could never get conventional loans for foreclosures, tax liens or discount notes – let alone
6/12/11: The Checkbook IRA – Real Estate Investing Using Your Retirement Account Read More »
Easy money caused hot markets to go super-nova. And when the music stopped these formerly high flying markets came crashing down in unprecedented fashion. Now, there’s a BIG MESS to clean up – and that’s bad, right? It depends on who you are and how you look at it. Without re-hashing several of our past
4/3/10: Wholesale Opportunities – Using OPM to Heal Hurting Markets Read More »