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“The major fortunes in America have been made in land.”
– John D. Rockefeller
Why Scale From Single-Family Investing to Multifamily Investing?
Investing in real estate can be a lucrative way to build wealth, but deciding what to invest in can be a challenge. Many investors (including us) began by investing in...
Tax Strategies for Real Estate Investors
Taxes aren't the most exciting aspect of real estate investing, but they’re important to understand nonetheless. As a real estate investor, it’s much more fun to...
What Passive Investors Need To Know About IRR
As a new passive investor or someone interested in becoming one, you’re likely hitting a steep learning curve. There are many terms, deal structures, and markets to learn...
How Interest Rates Impact Commercial Real Estate
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
Top Considerations When Investing In Real Estate During Inflationary Time
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
The Importance of Focusing on Capital Preservation
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
Vetting A Real Estate Operator: 6 Questions And 7 Red Flags You Need To Know
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
Your Best Money Moves to Prepare for a Recession
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
Success Tips for Real Estate Investors During a Recession
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
What Are “Sticky” Real Estate Investments & How Do They Hedge Against Inflation
Real estate investors, along with the rest of the world, are experiencing an inflationary environment. Even investors with a diversified portfolio are looking for more ways to create an inflation hedge…
Multifamily Real Estate Investments’ Performance During a Recession
Each time a recession hits, it takes us by surprise – no matter if you’ve been through a recession before or whether you’re heavily involved in examining market trends…
Analyzing a Real Estate Syndication like a Professional Underwriter
Each time a recession hits, it takes us by surprise – no matter if you’ve been through a recession before or whether you’re heavily involved in examining market trends…
What Happens to Real Estate in a Recession and When You Should Buy
Each time a recession hits, it takes us by surprise – no matter if you’ve been through a recession before or whether you’re heavily involved in examining market trends…
Why Investing in Real Estate is a Great Hedge Against Inflation
You know how everything cost less when we were younger? I remember getting a snack after school as a kid, when a Snickers bar was 35 cents and a can of Coke was 50 cents....
From Single-Family Rentals to Multifamily Investor: Making Moves
It’s no secret that most real estate investors start out investing in small, single-family homes. We sure did! Whether you go for the flips, rent out properties as you...
Real Estate Syndication Fees Explained
Think back to the last time you bought a home or a car and you can quickly recall the mind-boggling amount of fine print and fee disclosures you waded through and agreed to....
How to Find Real Estate Syndication Deals—and Understand Your Options
Once you’re aware of the power of real estate syndications and you’re thinking about the possibility of investing passively in them, it’s natural to have questions…lots of...
10 Key Factors to Consider in Deciding What Market to Invest In
Once you decide to invest outside your local area, the possibilities are limitless. This can be both exciting and intimidating, all at once. A flood of thoughts may come to...
3 Options for Funding Your Investment in a Real Estate Syndication
As you learn about real estate syndications and decide to invest, one main question that comes to mind is how and where to get the money to fund the investment. Passive...
The Inside Scoop on Investor Webinars: What They Are and What to Ask
Choosing one real estate syndication deal to invest in out of several of them being offered at the same time can be daunting. But attending an investor webinar during your...
High-Level Concepts – Fuel for Your Wealth-Building Strategy
I’m certain I’m not alone by saying I came from a working middle-class family with parents who, unfortunately, had no personal finance knowledge beyond getting an education,...
The 5 Basic Phases of Value-Add Multifamily Real Estate Syndications
Do you remember the 5-paragraph essay structure from elementary school? Its guidelines for introducing a central idea, providing 3 supporting paragraphs, and closing with a...
Understanding the Capital Stack in a Real Estate Syndication
The order in which profits are paid in a real estate syndication deal is called the capital stack. Understanding this concept is very important because you need to know...
Cash Flow or Equity Growth: How to Decide on an Investment Strategy
It happens to the best of us - we get caught up in economic news and assumptions about where the market is going, and we can’t help but wonder, “What’s the best investment...
Real Estate Syndications — Are They Too Good to be True?
When you first hear what real estate syndications are and how passive investing in them works, your first question might be, “What’s the catch?” Receiving a check in the...
The Best Way to Invest $200,000 in Real Estate (It’s Not What You Think)
In some of the most expensive real estate markets in the country, a regular three-bedroom home may sell for $950,000 or more. If you were considering buying one, you’d have...
How Non-Accredited Investors Can Invest in Real Estate
As a newer investor, it makes sense that there’s a wide range of experience levels in the world of real estate investing. But the reality is that certain deals only allow...
How to Weather a Storm — 5 Ways to Diversify for Long-Term Growth
Have you ever watched a suspenseful thriller movie? Movies like Stephen King’s “It”? The movie can be going along somewhat normally, with people talking, walking down the...
Syndication Structures — What They Mean for YOU as a Passive Investor
When considering deals to invest in as a real estate investor, the most essential step to take is establishing your investment goals. What do you want these investments to...
What You Should Know About Cap Rates as a Passive Investor
If you’ve invested in residential real estate before, you’re familiar with some important terms like rental income, mortgage interest, and amortization. However, when you...
5 Undeniable Reasons to Invest Outside Your Local Market
Investing in real estate outside your local market, in an area you may never visit and where you have no friends to call on, can seem daunting, especially for new investors....
5 Reasons Real Estate is the Most Effective and Lucrative Investment
Most people spend their lives working full-time jobs to earn a “steady” paycheck. Meanwhile, the wealthy have somehow unlocked the secret to working less while making their...
Cash Flow in a Real Estate Syndication — Where Does it Come From?
Are you considering investing in real estate syndications but think it sounds a little too good to be true? If so, you’re not alone. Many investors are shocked when they...
Equity Multiple and Total Return – What They Mean for Passive Investors
Whenever an investor is reviewing a real estate syndication investment opportunity, it’s likely they’ll come across the terms equity multiple and total return. Even if...
Real Estate vs. a Traditional Retirement Plan: Two Very Different Outcomes
Did you ever watch Mad Men, or a similar show set in the 1950s or 60s? Back then, working life had a “game plan”…you went to college, got a good job with a pension, and...
3 Must-Have Qualities I Look for in Every Investment I Make
If you start out investing as a “newbie,” you may be excited to dive into scrubbing dirty cabinets, spraying for bugs, painting, repainting, and installing sheetrock until...
How to Review a New Investment Opportunity in Less than 10 Minutes
Have you ever gone to the grocery store without a list and browsed the entire store, finding things you’ve just “got to have,” and then when you check out, you realize that...
Value-Add Investments: An In-Depth look
Imagine that you spot an old cabinet unit sitting out on the curb. You stop to take a look, and since it’s in good shape, you load it up and take it home to give it a fresh...
Accredited vs. Sophisticated Investors…What Does It Mean?
Once you decide to jump into the real estate investing world, you’ll start hearing the term “Accredited Investor.” Once you notice how many passive commercial real estate or...
Stocks vs. Real Estate: The 4 Risks to Know Before You Invest
Whenever investing comes up in conversation, peoples’ minds flash between images of Warren Buffet, the Great Recession, and those goals filed in their “someday” folder....
Active vs. Passive Real Estate Investing — Which is the Best Fit for You?
Did you know you can invest in real estate without the work of dealing with tenants, toilets, and termites? It’s true – you can get all the benefits of investing in real...
What are the Key Roles in a Real Estate Syndication?
One of the best analogies to explain a real estate syndication is to think of it as an airplane flight. There are pilots, passengers, other crew members, mechanics, and...
Real Estate Syndications — Are They Right for You?
You’ve been eagerly absorbing all the information and have become fascinated with the power of passively investing in real estate syndications. How could you not, right? ...
What Happens When You Invest $50,000 a Year in Real Estate Syndications?
Fifty thousand dollars is a lot of money! Never mind fifty thousand dollars per year. I get it, but hear me out. Once you see the potential results, I strongly believe you...
How to Stop Trading Your Time for Money by Creating Passive Income
Imagine a day in your life with me for a moment. It’s a workday. Your day began with the usual routine, but halfway through your morning, you received the news you’d been...
5 Things You Should Do Before Investing in Your First Real Estate Syndication
When you first begin to consider real estate syndications as an investment option, it can feel lonely, intimidating, or even like you’re going in blindfolded. Personally, I...
How to Quit Your Job by Investing in Real Estate
No matter how many jobs you’ve had or how far down the career path you are, facing any workplace transition brings up emotions, fears, and possibly some sleepless nights....
Exploring Projected Returns in a Real Estate Syndication
One of the most common questions we’re asked is, “If I were to invest $50,000 with you today, what kinds of returns should I expect?” And hey, we get it. You want to know...
Your First Real Estate Syndication: A Simple 5-Step Process
When it comes to investing in real estate, most people are familiar with the process of buying a single family property. You choose the market and neighborhoods, determine...
STOP!! Know Your Goals Before Investing in a Real Estate Syndication!
Take a moment to think about the process you used to find the home you live in. You probably had a checklist (written or mental) that included a specific area, school...
6 Reasons You’ll Love Investing Passively in Real Estate Syndications
If you’ve ever owned single family or multifamily homes, you know they can require a lot of your time and energy. Investing in residential real estate can be challenging,...