Tenants, toilets, and termites … real estate investing isn’t always pleasant. But we have good news for you … real estate is more than just single- and multi-family properties (although we’re big fans of those investment classes too). In our new Profitable Niches series, we’ll explore a variety of niches in detail so you can […]
Profitable Niches – Stacking Up Profits with Self-Storage Read More »
It’s tax time! For most people, the month before April 15 is the only time they think about taxes. Today, we’ll chat with Tom Wheelwright, CPA, about why you should change your mindset. We’ll discuss the implications of the recent tax reform bill and how YOU can plan strategically to bring down your taxes —
Tax Reform Ramifications for Real Estate Investors Read More »
Let’s take off our blue, red, and orange team colors … hold hands … and take a real-world look at trade tariffs in action. Most nose-to-the-grindstone real estate investors may not pay attention to, or understand, trade tariffs … or how they could affect real estate investors. But, like many things we obsess about after
Trump’s tariffs and your real estate investing … Read More »
Warren Buffet. Also known as the Oracle of Omaha, this investing heavyweight spends a lot of his time doing one particular thing. It’s not scoping out new investments. Not chatting with folks in the investment industry. Not attending board meetings … although we bet he does spend a bit of time doing all of those
Clues In The News – Crisis and Growth Opportunities 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 »
Maybe it’s just us … But as we’re preparing for our Future of Money and Wealth conference … (our way of sharing our epic Investor Summit at Sea™ faculty with more people) … … we keep seeing headlines that make us think there’s more happening in the financial world than just a little stock market volatility … From Bloomberg on February 7th: Dollar
The REAL cause of rising rates … Read More »
Real estate investing is a VERY different approach to wealth building than paper asset investing. You could say they’re two different worlds. But the paper world has far more impact on real estate investing than many real estate investors realize. And when those worlds collide, it’s often a painful shock to real estate investors. The
When worlds collide … Read More »
For Valentine’s Day we thought we’d muse on why the right real estate is easy to love. Of course, the operative word is “right” … as in Mr. or Miss “Right” … … because anyone who’s been in a bad relationship knows it’s hard to have the right relationship with the wrong person. And the same
It’s fun to LOVE the right real estate … Read More »
If you’re a newshawk like us, you’ve probably noticed the world is a little crazy. Even something as mundane as money and wealth has become weird. The most obvious case in point is the dramatic rise and retreat of Bitcoin. In 2017, something triggered a rush of money into Bitcoin … driving it from $1000
Keeping it real in a surreal world … Read More »
You might think this is a political rant about income inequality … or contrasting the America of today to some past period of “the good old days.” But it’s really more pragmatic. Right now headlines say the economy is booming, unemployment is down, the stock market is up, and the biggest problem in housing is there’s
A tale of two Americas … Read More »