When it comes to positive cash-flow, there are two things more important than your investment property … your market and your team. Our good friend Terry Kerr at Mid South Home Buyers knows this better than anyone. Terry and his team have cracked the code for consistent cash-flow from rental homes in one market … […]
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Hard to believe it’s nearly 10 years since Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac collapsed and were taken over by Uncle Sam. Time flies when you’re getting rich. It’s been a GREAT run for residential real estate investors … especially apartment investors. Free money in the punch bowl can really juice up a profit party. But
Beware of bubble genius … Read More »
Even though the Fed skipped a rate hike last meeting, someone forgot to tell the 10-year Treasury yield, which has broken over three-percent … DOUBLE where it was just two years ago. In case you don’t know, the 10-year Treasury yield is arguably the single most important interest rate on Earth … certainly for real
Rising rates, oil, and an angry Amazon … Read More »
In spite of rising rates and concerns about bubbles … real estate is looking pretty good right now. At least the right real estate in the right markets. Of course, “real estate” can mean a lot of different things. In this case, we’re talking about good ol’ fashioned single-family residences. Houses. Yes, we know mortgage
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Shhh … do you hear it? It’s the margin calling … “Margin” is a term we hear all the time but can be a little confusing … because it means different things depending on the context. But margin comes up often in financial conversations because it’s an important concept … and worth taking a look
The margin is calling … Read More »
We’re just two weeks removed from our incredible Future of Money and Wealth conference … an it was an EYE-OPENER. (If you missed it, you’ll be glad to know we video-taped the ENTIRE event and it’s in postproduction right now. Click here to pre-order at a really great price.) Meanwhile, now that we’re getting back to our normal routine,
Home prices surge … and subprime is BACK … Read More »
An essential part of being a real estate investor is finding the perfect combination of market and product type. But markets, product types, and even financing are CONSTANTLY shifting. How can you read the tea leaves and see what’s in store? Today, we offer some help in the form of Brad Sumrok. Brad has been
Apartment Market Forecast 2018 Read More »
We got a fascinating boots-on-the-ground report from a friend of ours traipsing about Hong Kong … and no, this isn’t about Hong Kong. “My Big Short moment …” was the subject line. “The Big Short” refers to Michael Lewis’ book and the recent movie of the same name, which both tell the tale of events
Weird happenings and the squish factor … Read More »
Most people don’t get into real estate investing because they like tenants, toilets and all the tribulations you go through. And most of the time, they don’t get into properties they would like to live in or visit on vacation. In fact, most investors would be happy if they never saw their properties. That’s probably
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