Category: Real Estate
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The Real Estate Pro Forma: What Investors Should Know
So you want to invest in real estate as a passive investor but not quite sure where to start? As someone that’s been investing in rental properties (syndications) since 2016, there’s a lot of information to know but only a small amount to REALLY pay attention to. Actually, there’s 3 common mistakes they should avoid…
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Medical Office Real Estate: Why Doctors Sell Their Buildings
What Should You Prioritize? One of the biggest benefits of selling a practice is found in the amount of time that it frees up. While owning and operating medical/dental practices is appealing, many often become disenchanted with the amount of work that goes into things that they had not accounted for. It certainly did for…
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How To Battle Inflation With Real Estate Investing
For the past decade, the average inflation rate has hovered around the 2% mark for the United States. Many of the “financial experts” are forecasting higher inflation than normal due to the 2020 pandemic. They state this is from a rise in unemployment rates, higher costs of goods, failing businesses and large injections of stimulus…
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How To Short The Dollar Using Real Estate
I recently came across a saying that you’re likely familiar with: “A dollar today is worth MORE than a dollar tomorrow.“ This reminded me of one of my grandmother’s sayings, “Son, I remember when a gallon of milk cost a dime.” Thinking about the time value of money made me curious as to what $10 would…
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How To Use Your 401k To Invest In Real Estate
“I wish I could enjoy some of my retirement assets BEFORE I reach retirement age. You never know if I’ll still be healthy enough to enjoy it by then.” This was a comment from a new Passive Investors Circle member BEFORE she learned about self directed retirement accounts. Here’s another one: “Jeff, I’m only a…
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Forced Appreciation: How Passive Investors Can Use It
“OUCH! Ok dad, I’ll clean up my room if you’ll stop twisting my arm!” When my kids were much younger, I could get away with a little “force” to get them to do what I wanted them to do. Twisting an arm, finger or ear would usually do the trick. Now as teenagers, it’s much…
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Pros and Cons of Creating an LLC For Rental Property
[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Lyle Solomon is a licensed attorney in California. He has been affiliated with the law firms in California, Nevada, and Arizona since 1991. As the principal attorney of Oak View Law Group, he gives advice and writes articles to help people solve their debt problems.] Do…
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5 Reasons You Should Consider Raw Land Investing
If I were to ask you what it means to invest in real estate, how would you answer? If you’re an average real estate investor, you may state it has to do with buying a single family home or apartment. Or if you invest passively (like me), you might say it involves pooling your money…
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How To Make Money Work For You So You Can Stop Working
Growing up, I’d frequently hear successful people say, “If you want to get rich, you have to make your money work for YOU.” When I first heard this advice in high school, I didn’t have a clue what it meant. “The rich don’t work for money. They make their money work for them.” – Robert…
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3 Valuable Rich Dad Poor Dad Lessons You Should Know
3 Valuable Rich Dad Poor Dad Lessons You Should Know “Cash flow tells the story of how a person handles money.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki When I was trying to get through dental school and later a surgical residency, the term “financial independence” never crossed my path. Man, I wish it had instead of “periodontitis”…
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How To Syndicate A Real Estate Deal As A Busy Professional
A new Passive Investors Circle member recently asked, “Jeff, how can I purchase an apartment building and bring in others to invest?” After asking him a few questions about his background, I learned: he was a pulmonologist in the Midwest has been practicing for 16 years was married with three kids only debt – home…
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How To Make Passive Income With Vacation Rental Property
One of the BIGGEST lessons Robert Kiyosaki’s book “Rich Dad Poor Dad” taught me was: “The Rich Don’t Work For Money” – Robert Kiyosaki To take it a step further, billionaire Warren Buffet once said, “If you don’t find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.” Now if the rich don’t work for money and…