The Power of Investing in What You Know

Perhaps the greatest error a real estate buyer can make is to purchase a property in a city or state where he has no contacts or no history of any kind. This situation, which is easily avoidable, too often becomes an unavoidable problem — a financial albatross — because of ignorance by one party and […]

Making Real Estate Investing Popular Again

Real estate investing can be as fraught with complexity as it is fruitful with rich opportunities and profitable dividends. The challenge is to demystify this process — to translate the nuances and contradictions of this vocation, for many, and this avocation, for many others still — into something that people can apply with consistency. For […]

Getting The Most Bang for Your Rehabbing Buck

It seems like with all the TV shows out there nowadays, everybody has heard the term “fix-and-flip.” But what does that really mean, and will that be a viable strategy for you as an investor? Very simply, fix-and-flip involves buying a property at a discounted cost, renovating (or fixing) it, then selling for a profit […]