Education and skills are the prerequisites to productivity … whether as an entrepreneur, investor or employee. Parents will often pay more for housing in a good school district. But the world has changed a lot in the last 30 years. Conventional education has become much more expensive, but is it more valuable? Has it kept […]
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Without freedom, there would be no wealth. And most people want to build and protect wealth to enhance their freedom. Wealth and freedom go hand in hand. That’s one of the main reasons we attend FreedomFest each year … It’s an event produced by our friend and Summit™ faculty alumnus Mark Skousen that bills itself
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“The riches are in the niches” is a common expression around entrepreneurial circles … and for good reason. Just ask today’s guest … a good friend and former student of ours who’s raised more than 350 million dollars in syndication capital in the last 7 years in MANY different niches. From multifamily and resort property
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While the rest of the world fixates on the Fed’s latest interest rate bloviation, we’re taking a mini-vacation from Fed watching to focus on something a lot more fun. Jones Lang LaSalle recently released their Global Resort Report for 2019 and it’s got some investing intelligence we think you’ll find interesting and useful. As our long-time audience
Renting to the rich is finding fans among professional investors … Read More »
As we often say, real estate is NOT an asset class. There are MANY different niches you can invest in to earn big profits … both capital gains and cash flow. And we’ve been watching an exciting niche which is starting to attract the attention of alert investors … “Value-add investors are finding this sector
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The Q1 numbers are in and the U.S. GDP came in at a robust 3.2% … MUCH better than expected. While it can be argued there’s some fluff hiding under the hood … with growing inventories masking lackluster consumer spending … … the financial media are describing 3.2% growth as a “big upside surprise,” “upbeat,” and a “blowout.” That’s a lot of
GDP blowout pales compared to THIS market’s growth … Read More »
Houses aren’t the only properties in need of a little facelift. Hotels often need their own dose of tender loving care. Like any investment property, resorts come in all shapes and sizes … and some have major management issues. When a hotel is poorly the managed the result isn’t pretty … it’s often downright ugly.
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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
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Life as a real estate investors means making choices between the many options available. In this episode of Ask The Guys, we take on a pile of listener questions that have to do with choosing. Making the choice to be in the studio for this decidedly interesting episode: Your choosy host, Robert Helms His cheesy
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Join Robert Helms, host of The Real Estate Guys™ Radio Show for a memorable weekend discovery trip to the beautiful country of Belize! Three great dates to choose from: Sep 15-18, Oct 6-9 or Nov 3-6, 2011 Why Belize? Three words: Location, Location, Location (we’ve heard those are important for real estate). Click here to
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