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  A classic real estate investing strategy with a newer twist has the potential to help you build a fat real estate investing portfolio that will be the envy of all the “smaller” investors at your REIA meetings. First, this ...

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By Jeff Johnson Thou shalt not overpay for investment property – Every successful investor knows you make your money when you buy property, not when you sell it. Do not rely on market escalation for your profit……ever. Thou shalt not ...

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  Now, Tommy’s landlord is a real nice guy. Watched the football game with him just the other Sunday. If all Tommy has to do to keep a roof over his head is call his landlord and ask, plead, or ...

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  A bold, categorical statement, some would say. No, not all tenants are created equal, just as all landlords are not. This article is addressed to landlords who rent property to individuals or families that live paycheck to paycheck, exactly ...

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Last month when pipes burst in a vacant apartment and flooded my office below. The severity of the damage and the stress that resulted taught me some important lessons I needed to learn as a leader. In addition to failing ...

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  If you’re like me, the end of the year marks a time of psychological “bookends”, consisting of December 31st and January 1st, with which to enclose the accomplishments, triumphs, defeats, and overall; gauge the forward progress (or lack thereof) ...

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  Residential real estate markets differ from stock markets in crucial ways.  With stocks, millions of people buy and sell a company each day. And this means you can sell your stock quickly. With real estate, ONE person might buy ...

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By Ben Fredricks Cash is king, right?  Well, if you’re buying a property, you’d better make sure that you’re getting the right cash flow on it.  I do this by preparing for the worst.  Make sure you’re backing out the ...

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By Todd Murphy Here are some successful strategies: Rental Property: An investor purchases the property and then rents the property to a tenant. This allows the owner to collect income on the property while the tenant is helping to pay ...

Tagged with: commercial real estate

  I’m sure that you have probably seen a copy of an older map, made before the entire globe was fully discovered, explored, and mapped out. Everything of which the location was known was completely drawn out, to the best ...

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