cashflow

Investment Property Location: Don’t Dismiss the #1 Rule in Real Estate

by Joey Wang | October 26, 2011

“Location, location, location!” You understand the importance. It’s the number one rule in Real Estate. Yet when it comes time to choose between a high cash flow property in a less desirable neighborhood versus one with a lower cash return but in a great location, you naturally start questioning the age old adage. Why does [...]

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Commentary

Why Northern Nevada’s Ripe with Cashflow Profits

by Joe Salcedo | September 22, 2011

(Author’s note: This is not a puff piece for the benefit of my city or my business. I am wearing my investor’s hat here reporting about what I’ve been seeing and what I believe in my gut is an opportune time for cash flow opportunities.) Patrick Killelea, the indefatigable Captain of ultra-conservative but sound real [...]

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Landlord Tenant

Buying Your First Rental? Be Sure To Do The Right Math!

by Shae Bynes | October 28, 2010

I was recently speaking with a new investor (let’s call her Maya for simplicity) who is looking into acquiring single family homes as rental properties. The conversation we had about her expected net positive cashflow on a particular property reminded me that it’s so important to understand the basic mathematics for real estate to ensure [...]

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Real Estate

5 Ways to Make Money Investing in Mobile Homes

by John Fedro | April 30, 2010

I had the great fortune to talk with some great real estate investors this week at a local REIA meeting. After the meeting concluded I hung around and began mingling with the locals, no one amazingly had ever invested in manufactured housing. I spent the next three hours regaling a group of doe eyed newbie [...]

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Real Estate Investing

Real Estate Investing: Specialize or Die

by John Fedro | March 27, 2010

Whether you are just starting to dip your toes into the ocean that is real estate, or are free diving in the great blue yonder, you need to be aware of the rules that govern your ability to maximize your success. You have most likely heard that there are countless ways to become profitable within [...]

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Learn Real Estate

Elementary Investment Suggestions

by Mike Farmer | June 3, 2008

Basic Real Estate Project Planning and Management This will be elementary to seasoned investors, but I’m assuming many investors using BiggerPockets are beginning and collecting information, so I thought it might be useful to go over basic project planning and management. I have learned these things from experience, but mainly through knowing smart investors. When [...]

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Interest Rates

How investors can take advantage of the Feds rate reduction!

by Troy Schuricht | February 7, 2008

While the Fed Funds Rate reduction does not directly affect mortgage rates it does have an impact on the interest rates investors utilize. When we read in the paper about how the Fed has slashed interest rates, the rate that has been cut is the lending rate between banks and other depository institutions. As the [...]

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Real Estate Resources

CashflowandEquity.com Simplifies Investing in Turn-Key Real Estate

by Joshua Dorkin | October 26, 2007

CashflowandEquity.com is the website of Cornerstone Investment Group, a company that has gained recognition for its specialty–offering turn-key properties to real estate investors. Simply put, this investment company promises to ease the “headaches of being a landlord.” No simple task, but the company says it can do this by providing properties that are “renovated,rented and [...]

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