If you caught the real estate investing bug after 2008, you’ve been riding a fun wave of rising rents and growing equity. Was 2008 a one-and-done anomaly? Or are vicious ups and downs a part of the new normal? And if so…is another crash coming? No one knows. But it’s probably a good idea […]
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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
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Lots of great real estate investing questions from our loyal listeners in this edition of Ask The Guys, including should I invest or pay off debt. Should I invest or pay off debt? How do I get started in investing? Should I sell my property to my tenant? Our producers said we had a lot of really
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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
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Freedom is more than just an ideal. It’s a powerful force which inspires super-human effort, creativity and sacrifice. Freedom is what inspires many real estate investors to invest time and risk capital. They want to be financially free. In our 6th annual pilgrimage to Freedom Fest, we met several very interesting people…each of whom have a
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And yet another great collection of challenging questions from our fabulous listeners! In the studio waxing down our microphones so we can surf the airwaves of radio excellence… Your waxing on beach bodied host, Robert Helms His wax off co-host, Russell Gray In this edition of Ask The Guys… Does it make sense to carry back financing with
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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Donald Trump says, “If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.” Henry Ford said, “If you think you can do a thing or you think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.” And until Roger Bannister became the first person in recorded history to run a mile in less than
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Sometimes when you go to a buffet, you try a little of a lot of different things….then you go back and LOAD UP on what you REALLY like. In case you haven’t noticed, we’re really enamored of partnerships. In our business and investing lives, we do almost everything through partnerships. We just think it’s one
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Real estate is going to the next level. Are you? In case you hadn’t noticed, real estate prices have been rising in many markets. This is because money has been flowing steadily into real estate and driving prices up. And this is in spite of a generally weak economy. We could go into all the
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