raising capital

Raising Money for Your Real Estate Investing in 2011

“It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.” – Gertrude Stein. For many real estate investors, the thought of raising capital to increase their purchasing power is an irresistible allure. However, how one goes about this [...]

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Commercial Real Estate

3 Reasons Why You Should be Investing in Commercial Real Estate

by Khary Reynolds | August 9, 2010

This is my first post on The BiggerPockets Blog and I just want to state that in my opinion, investing in commercial real estate is a better investment than investing in residential real estate. Now, we all know that real estate in general is a great investment vehicle and both residential and commercial properties can [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Simple Rules for Raising Capital, Part 2 (Now It Gets More Complicated)

by Matt Pitcher | December 5, 2008

In my last blog, “Simple Rules for Raising Capital”, I hit some very basic high points that I think you must follow to become a world class capital raiser. This blog gets into more detail on that subject. What follows is what I call “The Four As of Capital Raising” 1 – Accredited This one [...]

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Financing Real Estate

Simple Rules for Raising Capital

by Matt Pitcher | November 21, 2008

Piggybacking on my last post, “The Importance of Being Nimble“, I’d like to blog today about something that is absolutely critical to your ongoing investing success: raising capital. In my opinion, it is a skill you must develop. Must. Not should. Must. Once you become very very good at raising capital, any amount of capital, [...]

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