Jun 2, 2016 | Real Estate
Last week, I started talking to you all about how to raise a down payment and I mentioned these three ways: Home Equity, Retirement Accounts, and Lines of Credit. I’ll cover the last three today! If you missed last week’s blog, I highly recommend checking...
May 26, 2016 | Real Estate
At the end of last week’s blog, I mentioned two ways of raising a down payment: Liquid Assets (Cash, Stocks, Bonds, Insurance) and your Relatives/Friends. A part of negotiating strongly in real estate–which I would argue is extremely important to success in real...
May 12, 2016 | Real Estate
When it comes to getting a loan in real estate, you are going to want an awesome credit score. But unfortunately, this can be a pain to monitor. Understanding how your credit score is calculated and what you need to be aiming for can be vital to getting great interest...
May 5, 2016 | Real Estate
If you plan to really get into the real estate investing business, you need to make sure you are setting yourself up with plenty of legal protection. The best entity to hold your real estate properties in is a Limited Liability Company, or LLC. This is something that...
Apr 28, 2016 | Real Estate
Becky and I have invested in several vacation properties over the years and we’ve found that they can really supercharge your portfolio. Vacation properties can offer an investor a unique opportunity in real estate investing. We scouted areas that were depressed...
Apr 21, 2016 | Real Estate
When I was younger, I had a dream to replace my earned income with passive income (also known as investment income). Years later, my wife and I were in Paris, doing the tourist gig. The Eiffel Tower lit up at night is a stunning site. Every night, Becky and I would...
Apr 14, 2016 | Real Estate
Welcome to the VLOG everyone! Today I am going to answer a question from Estevan. He asks, “What do you mean when you say the payments for your first few years go toward the principle and the interest on your loan payment? Are you saying that after a certain...
Apr 7, 2016 | Real Estate
Welcome back to the vlog everyone! Today, I’m going to be answering a question I received a while back from Justin regarding real estate. Let’s see what he’s curious about: Justin Asks: I want to ask questions about doing a portfolio loan to fund the...
Mar 31, 2016 | Real Estate
Well, it’s been several months of diving into these real estate mistakes, but we are finally at the end! Understanding these real estate mistakes is important for ensuring you start off on the right foot with investing in real estate. If you want to watch the...
