3 Tips for Finding a Real Estate Agent (for Investors!)
New to investing and looking to find great deals? Your best bet is to find an investor-friendly real estate agent. But there aren't many agents who possess the necessary knowledge…
Buying & Selling
Learn how to buy and sell investment properties.
4 Things You Can Negotiate Besides Price When Buying or Selling a Home
Motivated sellers are not only motivated by money. Situation and circumstances play a big part in the acceptance or denial of an offer, too. Do not get hung up on…
How I Built a $1.3M Real Estate Portfolio for the Cost of a 1-Bedroom in NYC
When I was 23, I faced the choice to rent or roll the dice on my first rehab. Here’s how knowing the difference between risk and fear helped me take…
6 Ways to Locate Distressed Properties Online
Locating distressed properties gets easier with every passing year, as more and more information becomes available online. Between all of the resources listed here, finding a distressed property worth making…
6 Signs You Need to Lower Your Asking Price
Determining an asking price for your home is tough, especially when comparable homes that have recently sold nearby are scarce. Let's say you list it, asking what you deem to…
8 Curb Appeal Updates You Can Complete in a Weekend
Improve your property’s first impression by turning your focus to its curb appeal. Curb appeal is not just a show on HGTV—it can skyrocket a home’s value and get buyers…
How to Calculate Cap Rate (& Where Many People Get It Wrong)
The easiest way to define cap rate is the expected return (as a percent) an investment will generate based on the net operating income. On its face, the calculation is…
Blinded by Numbers: How Fixating on Metrics Can Lead to Bad Investments
Metrics and numbers are your friends when weighing investment opportunities, right? Turns out over-relying on numbers can hurt you! Read on to find out how.
What’s a “Good” Deal in Real Estate? 5 Criteria to Consider
What’s the biggest problem for investors today? Many will say it's finding "good" deals. While it's true they may be harder than ever to come by, most investors who complain…
5 Questions to Ask When Evaluating a Real Estate Developer
If you’re looking to invest in commercial real estate, how can you decipher the good developers from the great? Some you may want to run from altogether, but how can…
Better Than BRRRR: Introducing the BRRRLO Model
After doing the numbers, comparing the BRRRLO strategy to the BRRRR strategy, BRRRLO properties cash flow more, have less expenses, less turnover, less vacancy, take less time and effort to…
Rental Property Numbers So Easy You Can Calculate Them on a Napkin (With Real-Life Example!)
You don't need a fancy spreadsheet or finance degree to get a good first analysis of a property. Here's how to evaluate potential real estate deals quickly and easily—with only…
The Only Time You Should Ever Buy a Property for More Than It’s Worth
Generally, I believe you should only buy a property for more than what it’s worth if you get the complete package and if it’s a 100 percent hands-off experience. If…
