Category: Real Estate
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The Reasons to Buy Single Family Homes
Single-family homes have the widest market appeal. In a softening marketplace, real estate that houses jobs (retail, office, etc.) will generally show rental weakness…
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Identifying and Leveraging Hidden Assets
A minister once gave a lecture titled “Acres of Diamonds.” He related the story of an Arab man who wanted to become rich. Informed…
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How Rising Interest Rates Affect Real Estate Investors
Home-buyers rejoice when interest rates drop, but rising interest rates can actually be a good thing for investors. Because high rates make homes less…
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A Balanced Life – Part 2
Please read part 1 of A Balanced Life. Most people are time wasters. They waste their own time, and they waste your time as…
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A Balanced Life – Part 1
I just returned from a long-overdue two-week family vacation in Thailand. It was amazing! I recommend adding it to your bucket list. Being there…
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Neighborhood Features That Lower Property Values
When it comes to real estate clichés, “Location, location, location” has all other contenders (including “Not a drive-by!”; “Cash is king!”; “Is that your…
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Why Investing in Real Estate is Better Than Investing in Gold
Gold has been in demand for many years. It has been associated with affluence and is usually represented as ostentatious jewelry. And unlike other…
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Different Markets, Different Strategies
Once you learn how to analyze where your market is and the direction it’s probably going, then you can plan your investment attack. Certain…
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How the Economic Machine Works – Ray Dalio
How does the economy really work? This simple but not simplistic video by Ray Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates, shows the basic driving…
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Home Prices Rise… Is a Housing Bubble Forming?
We recently reported that home prices are continuing to rise across most of the nation. This has created concern in some pundits that a…
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Using Leverage in Real Estate
Archimedes made the comment, “Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum strong enough, and I can move the world.” Leverage is a…
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4 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Lender
In order to ensure long-term success when purchasing a rental property, it’s important to develop a strong, reliable team that can help you through…
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Where Are Americans Moving To?
U-Haul moving truck price disparities usually indicate domestic migration trends long before official migration does. In light of that, we compared the costs of…
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What Rental Property Investors Can Expect in 2016
The 2016 housing market is expected to be a picture of moderate but solid growth, with increasing interest rates a minimal concern. Rental investors…
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What’s Your One BIGGEST Real Estate Question?
Children learn by asking questions. Students learn by asking questions. Investors learn by asking questions. People who think that they know it all no…