It’s time for Ask The Guys … the episode where you ask and we answer! After 25 years of doing this program … one of the things we’ve come to appreciate the most is our listeners from all over the world. We have lots of great questions from our fabulous audience today … Which […]
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In Gary Keller’s life-changing book, The One Thing, he brings into focus the importance of focusing on “the one thing.” Hence the catchy title. Although similar to Curly’s advice in City Slickers, Keller’s advice is a little more practical. Keller says “the one thing” is whatever you can do that makes everything else you need to do either easier or unnecessary.
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The world is going through a crisis … and when a crisis hits, many investors want to slow down or stop until things get back to normal. But when weeks turn into months … it may be a sign that there’s a new definition of normal. Now what? Rather than waiting it out, resourceful investors
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Politicians and bureaucrats are duking it out in the wake of the most controversial election since Bush v Gore in 2000 … … which was almost as bad as the election of 1876. Yes, as disconcerting as all this current controversy is, this isn’t the first time Americans have anguished through a contested election. And if you’re outraged at the arguably
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There’s a lot of doom, gloom, and uncertainty out there. MANY of the super-smart people we hang out with are preparing for a really ROCKY road ahead. Of course, we’re big fans of being prepared. As we often say … “Better to be prepared and not have a crisis, than to have a crisis and not
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What a difference a week makes! Last time we commented on the big news about the world’s most famous real estate guy potentially using the tax laws to reduce his federal income taxes to virtually zero. Since then, as you probably know, the news has been dominated by President Trump’s illness, hospitalization, treatment, and return to the White House.
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Taxes, politics, and real estate investing might not be as salacious as sex, lies and videotape … but it’s arguably just as intriguing. By now we’re sure you’ve heard all the “outrage” about allegations the United States’ Real Estate Investor-in-Chief paid nearly no federal income tax. This shocks no one who understands real estate or the tax code, but
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In an age of macro-economic turmoil and stress, the risk of the tide going OUT is far greater than the odds of a rising tide lifting all boats. So as Warren Buffett famously quipped … “Only when the tide goes out do you discover who’s been swimming naked.” And of course, if that happens to be you
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Real estate investors LOVE the 1031 tax-deferred exchange. But when you want to exchange your equity into a partnership so you can get into bigger, better deals in new markets with professional management … a 1031 comes up a little short. A great solution? Delaware Statutory Trusts. Even though they have been around for years,
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We’re proudly filing this under the category of “We told you so.” …. Stripe workers who relocate get $20,000 bonus and a pay cut – Bloomberg, 9/15/20 “Stripe Inc. plans to make a one-time payment of $20,000 to employees who opt to move out of San Francisco, New York or Seattle, but also cut their base
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