Category: Investment
Homeownership: The Best Investment You Can Make
Buying a home is so expensive, many individuals don’t even consider it. The fact is that buying a house can be a wise financial decision. Your house will increase in value over time, give you a home-grown source of equity you can utilize to finance retirement or higher education and make you money while you’re […]
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What is Cash Flow?
Image Credit: unsplash.com Before investing in a rental property, it pays to do some research. Oftentimes, investors end up selling the property at a loss due to the inability of rental income to pay for all the expenses and repairs required by the property. What is cash flow? Understanding what cash flow is and how it's used to evaluate deals will help minimize [...] Read more
Four Real Estate Investment Tips That You Can Learn from Warren Buffet, and Other Stock Investors
Some of the most successful stock investors ever have based their investing principles on value investing. Investors such as Benjamin Graham, Irving Kahn, and Warren Buffet, have used value investing to build vast empires of wealth. Wanna know how they did it? We got some real estate investment tips for you! Value investing was conceived […]
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Discovering the Weak Link: Optimizing Your Commercial Real Estate Investment Strategy
Being a commercial real estate investor is a lot like owning your own business. You have money and people to manage, important financial decisions to make, and systems that represent your strategy. While these assets and operations result in successful and profitable deals, there are always problems, just like in a normal business, that can […]
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How to Invest in Tax Liens?
What are tax liens? Tax liens occur when a property owner has not paid local taxes on a property. The local government will issue a lien against the property that states that it can’t be sold, and ownership cannot be transferred until the owed amount has been paid in full. How do you make money […]
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Generate Passive Income by Buying Mortgages
How can you be a lender or act like a bank and still have returns in double-digit? Or even better, generate passive income? You can invest in mortgages, just like Wall Street’s Mortgage Securities but on a smaller scale. Make money in the same method by buying discounted mortgages. What is it? Here is a […]
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Why CAP Rate is King?
For the astute commercial real estate investor, the capitalization rate (AKA Cap Rate) is an important financial number to consider. Here’s why cap rate is the king: 5 Reasons Why Capitalization Rate Is Important Commercial Real Estate Earns Income One main identifier that defines commercial real estate from other types of real estate is that […]
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What I Look For In a Neighborhood When Buying Investment Real Estate
I often get the question, what do I look for in a neighborhood when buying investment real estate. My answer is always the same. easy. Value I usually get a strange look, but it’s true. In a neighborhood, I am looking for clues to assess the value of the property, plain and simple. This article […]
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Words That Will Save You Big Time In Rehab Real Estate
Power Tip! Have you ever wanted just one phrase that you could say at the right time, and it saves you hundreds or thousands of dollars? Do you wonder how can you apply that to rehab real estate? When it comes to getting the best price from contractors, plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, you name it, […]
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Cost Segregation: Why are 90% of Real Estate Investors Overpaying Federal Income Tax?
By ignoring generous IRS guidelines when establishing depreciation schedules, over 90% of real estate investors are unintentionally overpaying federal income taxes. In addition, they are paying federal income taxes earlier than necessary, typically years or decades earlier than necessary. Cost segregation also defers payment of income taxes, often for 5 to 10 years. Importance of […]
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