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How many people in your market know that you invest in real estate? Telling your friends, family and even co-workers is a good start but it is far from enough. To get the success that you want you need to put yourself out there and let as many people as you can know what you […]

Cash flow is the name of the game for most rental property owners. The greater the amount of monthly cash flow the more attractive the property is.  On the surface calculating cash flow is as easy as subtracting your expenses from the income received.  This wouldn’t be a wrong calculation but there is often much […]

Many investors have heard of hard money loans but don’t quite know all of the ins and outs. Generally speaking a hard money loan is funding issued by an individual or group of individuals for a real estate transaction.  Instead of using strict lender guidelines they follow their own set of lending criteria.  Greater emphasis […]

A student housing rental can be one of the best additions to your portfolio you will ever make. It is not uncommon for a rental property located near a College or University to demand rents 10 to 30 percent higher than similar properties on the other side of town.  While student housing can demand higher […]

Pulling off a successful rehab project is a lot more difficult than most investors imagine. You need to find the perfect mix of the right property coupled with the right improvements.  All the while you need to keep an eye on the budget and deliver quality work.  When everything works there are plenty of profits […]

here are still thousands of properties out there owned by banks. Even though most of their portfolio was reduced after the mortgage collapse there is new inventory created every day. Every time a property goes into foreclosure and doesn’t sell the bank retains that property.  As most investors know banks are not in the business […]

How long have you been dying to unchain yourself from the desk of your nine to five job? How badly do you desire to give orders rather than receive them? How important is it to you to live a life of financial freedom so that you can provide for yourself and your family? If you said […]

Owning a rental property is one of the best ways to accumulate both short and long term wealth. However, owning a rental property alone doesn’t guarantee a positive return.  The best owners take an active approach in improving their property.  Without constant maintenance and upgrades even the best properties slowly deteriorate.  When they do instead […]

One of the first things that most new businesses do is develop a website. The real estate investing business is no different. A good website will give you a decided advantage over your investing competition.  However it is not enough to simply throw a few pages together and wait for traffic to roll in.  Your […]

There is a lot that goes into buying a home. This is the case whether you plan on living in the property or using it as an investment.  What most veteran homebuyers know is that the list price is not the amount you end up spending.  Between property taxes, insurance and miscellaneous closing costs this […]