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A Dire Warning for Real Estate Investors: Don’t Trust the Market!
Q: Do you trust “The market” for your real estate profits? A: Those who trust “The market” are at the mercy of the market. I think this is folly. Hopefully, many of you agree. Here’s what I’m talking about… The real estate syndication realm is awash with new operators showing their investors dazzling returns. Profits […]
Buying your first home? Here’s what you need to know
Paul Bradbury | OJO Images | Getty Images First-time home buyers have a steep learning curve, from understanding true affordability and how to qualify for a mortgage to managing their cash flow after their purchase. “When buying your first home, you need to consider that what a lender will let you borrow is not necessarily […]
Losing Money on Your First Deal
When most people think of JL Collins, they think of smart stock and index fund investing. In his classic, The Simple Path to Wealth, JL lays out the foundational path that investors can follow to secure financial freedom simply, easily, and without a ton of stress. So it may come to many FI chasers’ surprise […]
Boosting Your Appraisal, Backward BRRRRs, & Capital Raising Risks
BRRRRs, property classes, raising capital questions and more are in this episode of Seeing Greene! As always, your investor mentor, top agent, and shiny-headed host of the BiggerPockets Podcast is back to walk through real-life questions and examples brought to him directly from listeners just like you. This episode walks through a lot of the struggles […]
Reduce Your Taxes with Short-Term Rental Properties
Question: What would you say is the latest craze in real estate investing? The thing that everyone is talking about and wanting to learn more about? If you ask me, the term “short-term rentals” comes to mind. At the most recent BPCon, the short-term rental breakout session was not just a full house. It was […]
Finding Contractors, Renovation Red Flags, and Estimating Rehab Costs
Welcome to part two of a rehab estimation masterclass with real estate mogul James Dainard! As mentioned in part one, James has created a multi-level brokerage where he has been involved in 3,000 transactions. His excess experience has allowed him to create an almost scientific process for his flips. In today’s podcast, James builds off […]
The 5 Steps That Will Bring You More Deals, Friends, and Mentors
If you’re new to investing in real estate, you may not have run your first real estate analysis yet. But as soon as you start looking at properties, you’ll become a spreadsheet wizard in no time! With so many investors counting on automatic analysis from modern, hyper-specific real estate calculators, old-school investors beg the question […]
A Step-by-Step Guide to Estimating Rehab Costs
Welcome to part one of a rehab-estimation masterclass with real estate mogul James Dainard! James has earned his title by being involved in 3,000 transactions over the past fifteen years and creating a multi-level real estate brokerage. He has mastered the art of estimating rehab costs which has allowed him to invest on a seriously […]
Building Your “Passive Income Blueprint”
The signs of a bad real estate agent aren’t very clear if you’re a new investor. But, after trial and error and a lot of deals done, you’ll be able to weed out the basic agents from the rockstar realtors. If you’re brand new to real estate investing, there’s no need to sort through ten […]