By Bruce Kellogg What About Enhanced Diligence? In the beginning, commercial real estate brokers invented the term “due diligence”. Lacking a specific definition, it basically means, “Check it out”, when making a real estate purchase. Nowadays, the term has received wider use in home purchasing, Continue Reading
The Best Inheritance You Can Leave Your Kids
By Fuquan Bilal What inheritance are you leaving your children? I know you would probably expect me to say “mortgage notes,” or “passive income properties.” Those are great investments. They might be some of the best types of assets to pass on in an estate. Yet, there are some things which are Continue Reading
“T” Is for “Time”
By Jeffery Watson Time can be the investor’s greatest ally or the procrastinator’s worst enemy. Across America, thousands of baby boomers are waking up and realizing they have not used time to their advantage in building wealth and saving for retirement. In my Roth Theorem, the Continue Reading
Warning to All Renters: Renting a House Could Cost You A Million Dollars
By Lex Levinrad The Distressed Real Estate Institute has a report called “Warning to All Renters: Renting a House Could Cost You a Million Dollars!” The report was based on the findings of a Distressed Real Estate Institute study that looked at data on thousands of single family homes in South Continue Reading
Choosing the Road to Wealth
By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) More people are becoming millionaires today than ever before in the real estate business. So what makes these wealthy entrepreneurs so different? They chose the road to wealth and real estate as the vehicle to get there. When choosing the road to Continue Reading
Florida Land Trusts
By Randy Hughes Oftentimes I am asked, “Which state should I form my land trust in?” As a continuation of the subject discusses in my last newsletter, you now understand that you do not have to form your land trust in the same state where you live or where the property is located. In fact, there Continue Reading
How To Sell A House In A Difficult Market
By Lex Levinrad Are you having a hard time selling your house in today’s market? As prices have declined and as sellers have become more desperate to sell it has become increasingly difficult to sell a house for fair market value. More than 50% of the properties that are listed on the MLS are Continue Reading
Should I buy my own home first, or rent and buy investment homes?
By Adiel Gorel A classic question I get when talking to a would-be real estate investor is: “Shouldn’t we buy a home to live in first before buying investment homes?” The answer, of course, depends on where you live. When considering owning your own residence, there are various layers of Continue Reading
Helping Others while Making Money in Real Estate
By Leon McKenzie, CEO, US Probate Leads Are you looking for ways to do something meaningful with your life? Studies have shown that all of us, not just millennials, want a job that does good in the world. Helping someone who has recently lost a loved one is one way to do that. Imagine this: Continue Reading
Personal Property vs. Real Property
By Randy Hughes It is fascinating to me that real estate starts out as personal property (boxes of ceiling tile, carpet, lumber, etc.) and once it is assembled it becomes real estate. Then, when we place the property into a Land Trust, it again becomes personal property to the beneficiary of the Continue Reading
Risk Associated with Selecting Third Party Vendors
By Dan Harkey Where does risks begin in commercial real estate lending business? It begins with your process of hiring highly competent third-party vendors. Your job is to assemble the most qualified real estate support professionals to eliminate costly mistakes and to ensure the best Continue Reading
Say Cheese! One Reason Your Brand Isn’t a Thing (Yet)
By Sharon Vornholt A lot of people would rather have a root canal than actually have a professional photoshoot, but it is one of the top reasons your brand isn’t a thing (yet). It’s time to schedule that professional photoshoot. Remember that your brand is the way people feel about you. Continue Reading
Don’t Leave Thousands on the Table at Closing
By Kathy Kennebrook (The Marketing Magic Lady) One of the things that never ceases to amaze me in the real estate business is how many investors leave hundreds or thousands of dollars on the table at closing due to errors in the closing documents. This is an area where many investors need to be Continue Reading
Should New Real Estate Investors Attend Local REIA Meetings?
By Lex Levinrad Find the local Real Estate Investment Club in your area and go to the meetings. Attend each meeting religiously. Get involved, become a member and make new friends with other investors who want to learn about real estate as much as you do. Network with rehabbers, wholesalers, Continue Reading
