Category: Real Estate

REITs vs Real Estate Syndications – Why Not To Invest In REITs A new Passive Investors Circle member recently asked, “Hey Jeff, is a REIT the same as a syndication?” This was from a doctor that had decided to focus on passive investments and was trying to decide which route to go. Let’s start off…

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 Passive Investing vs Active Investing One question that comes up quite often is this: “Hey Dr. Jeff, I’m busy seeing patients all day but don’t want to do it forever. I want to learn about real estate investing so what’s better, passive investing vs active investing?” Specifically, they’re searching for which investment provides a better…

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8 Ways A Non Accredited Investor Can Invest in Real Estate When I first started investing in real estate, I had no idea that certain investment opportunities were for people with a high income and/or net worth (accredited investors). This is discouraging to new investors as they’re limited to what they’re able to invest in.…

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Commercial Real Estate Investing 101 For Doctors “Analysis by paralysis” is the phrase that first comes to mind when speaking with many new Passive Investor Circle members. I vividly recall speaking with a doctor living in the Northeast that knew as much as or more about investing in commercial real estate than me. He knew several real estate…

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What Is A Good Cap Rate For Rental Property? If you’ve invested in residential real estate before then you have some  basic lingo under your belt such as: mortgage interest rates purchase price amortization When you become a real estate investor, you’ll begin to see other terms, such as cash on cash return and cap…

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How To Get Into Real Estate Investing In Your 30s [Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Travis Hornsby who blogs at StudentLoanPlanner.com. Travis started the site in 2016 after helping his wife (doctor) and her friends tackle six-figure student loans.] Take it away Travis………. Your 30s might be a decade of settling…

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Investing In Real Estate vs Stocks I recently spoke to a new member (44-yr-old anesthesiologist) of our Passive Investors Circle. He was currently heavily invested in the stock market (mainly index funds and a few single stocks) and wanted to know more about real estate investing. He was looking to diversify his portfolio but also…

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Cash Flow In Real Estate – The #1 Reason To Invest What’s the #1 reason that attracts people to real estate investing? Passive income, right? This comes from the cash flow real estate spins off that allow some of the wealthiest people I know to be in the position that they’re in. It’s also how…

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5 Outstanding Tax Benefits Of Real Estate Investing If you’re a high-income earner, it’s probably safe to say that you’d like to avoid taxes at all costs, right? We’ve looked at different tax advantages in the past with ideas how we can reduce out taxable income. One of the main reasons that readers of this…

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Syndicate Investment Examples We’ve all heard that hindsight is 20/20. It seems that we’re able to evaluate our past choices MORE clearly than at the time of the original choice. This is especially true when it comes to investing. It’s easy to look back and see the best possible choices, what should have been done,…

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Real Estate Investing 101 For Doctors Real estate investing has started to become popular among doctors and other high-income professionals as they have begun to focus on growing multiple streams of income. If done right, you could see great returns on your money but, as with any type of investment, “never invest in anything you…

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Is It Better To Pay Off Mortgage Or Invest? One of the biggest debates in the financial world has to do with the question….Is it better to pay off mortgage or invest? As someone who has followed Dave Ramsey’s 7 Baby Steps, let’s take a look at what he’s recently had to say about this…

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