The real estate story behind Walt Disney World in Florida has a valuable lesson for investors today … and it’s not what you think. If you’re unfamiliar, Walt Disney decided to create a new and improved East Coast version of his epic California Disneyland. But he needed land … LOTS of it. So he went […]
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As the United States celebrates its independence this week, it’s a good time to consider something of utmost importance to real estate investors … Property rights. After all, if you can’t safely, securely own private property … then there’s no hope of accumulating wealth and personal prosperity. Private property ownership is the foundation of personal
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Buying an income producing property is an investment in the underlying economy. That’s REALLY where the income originates. That’s why we put so much emphasis on market analysis. Investors who focus exclusively on deal analysis (crunching the numbers on the property) but fail to underwrite the market sometimes end up in a mess. The context of a deal is
Market analysis for dummies … Read More »
In our last edition we took a look at this chart for clues to where we’re at in “the cycle” … Housing Price Index to Production Wage Index SOURCE: FEDERAL RESERVE ECONOMIC DATA HTTPS://FRED.STLOUISFED.ORG (The data came from the Fed, but the chart was put together by The Heritage Foundation here) You can see a tight
A divergence in the farce … 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
This niche is VERY inviting … Read More »
You probably know The Avengers Endgame is the culmination of a 22-film decade-long extravaganza of EPIC story-telling. What you may not know is how many great real estate investing lessons surround The Avengers Endgame. Here are just a few … and don’t worry, there are no spoilers! Lesson 1: Businesses and their jobs will move to
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It’s your questions and our answers. That’s right. It’s time for another segment of Ask The Guys … when we hear about the real-world challenges investors like YOU face every day. We have another great collection of questions from our loyal listeners … covering everything from infinite returns to gold, proper reserves, compressed cap rates,
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Expanding your portfolio from single-family homes to multi-family deals is a great step … but there are other paths to an even bigger deal! Commercial real estate investing means bigger properties and bigger opportunities … and it could yield BIG benefits for savvy investors. From retail storefronts to office space to industrial warehouses … commercial
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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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The blessing and curse of real estate is that trends develop slowly. This makes them easy to catch, but also easy to miss … unless you make it a priority to pay consistent attention. We scour the news daily. We’re always looking for opportunities, lessons, and trends. But they’re not always obvious. In fact, they
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