By Anita Cooper Investing out of state can be nerve-wracking, especially when you’re unfamiliar with the nuances of the markets you’re investing in. A property can look really good on paper, but does that automatically translate into a great buy? Not necessarily. That’s where due Continue Reading

A new change to the capital gains tax rule could have a big impact on the U.S. real estate market. By Fuquan Bilal Not much noise has been made about this ‘small’ tweak to the tax code yet. At least not compared to other changes in the new tax bill. Yet, it could have a very big influence on Continue Reading

Interview by Anita Cooper In the real estate world, investors have a lot of choices to grow their portfolios; fix and flip, buy and hold, residential, multi-family or commercial, and finally, one type of investment that’s often forgotten or at the least remains shrouded in mystery: note Continue Reading

Interview by Tim Houghten Go faster, put the power, experience and hindsight of 2020 REI in your hands, and get on the fast track to your real estate goals As he jumped into the driver’s seat of a new Mustang GT, Realty 411 caught up with 2020 REI’s founder, Tim Herriage. Our fast-paced, Continue Reading

By Linda Liberatore As you build your real estate investment portfolio, you dream of ending your 9 to 5 corporate job and the day your freedom begins. No need to go into the office. Now you can spend your days finding properties and evaluating progress on rehabs while managing your current Continue Reading

By Marco Santarelli Classifying a neighborhood by “type”, or what many investors refer to as a “grade”, is typically nothing more than a subjective description. Although most people will have a general idea of what is being referred to, in my experience it is usually nothing more than a Continue Reading

By Anita Woods Investing in property can be frustrating, especially when you’re always searching for good financing options that suit your time-frame as an investor. Having someone in your corner toprovide quality information and advice can help you reach your goals more quickly than going at Continue Reading

By Marco Santerrelli, CEO of Norada Real Estate Investments I came up with the following rules of successful real estate investing over my many years of successes and failures. These are the same rules I follow today and share with our clients at Norada Real Estate Investment. 1. EDUCATE Continue Reading

By Randy Hughes aka Mr. Land Trust Recently I read an article by an attorney telling his readers not to use a Land Trust. He recommended titling your investment property in a Limited Liability Company. His reasoning was that Land Trusts are only a “deterrent” to a lawsuit and they do not provide Continue Reading

By Tom K. Wilson One of the most common questions I get is: Which are better investments, multifamily properties (apartments) or single-family homes? My answer is, both, but not multifamily without experienced or qualified and experienced partners. A multifamily property is defined as 5 units Continue Reading

By Jillian Ivey Sidoti, Esq. Many people assume that in order to raise capital all they have to do is go out and find potential investors to whom they may pitch their idea. However, the laws regulating the sale of any security are such that operating in such a matter would be illegal. Too Continue Reading

By Tim Houghten In the words of the great Bob Dylan: the times “they are a-changin,” for Sean Morsi and Ajay Mehra — CEO and CFO of MOR Financial, respectively — the notion of shaking things up has been woven into their company’s genetic code. It may come as a surprise to hear that an Continue Reading