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I keep telling you guys: Underwrite your numbers! Look at the trailing financials, sure. Understand broker’s pro forma, sure. But underwrite your numbers… Understand this: It doesn’t matter how much income…
Buying cash flow properties is one of the greatest ways to build wealth. To do this right, you have to buy smart. Run your numbers, that’s what we say. But…
Savvy investors know that finding properties with the highest return on investment potential often means researching and scoping out off-market deals. If you’ve been thinking about joining the ranks of…
Getting into real estate investing and buying that first income property can get people pretty excited. They imagine how their lives will change once all of that easy money comes rolling…
The prospect of negotiating with sellers is perhaps one of the most dreaded parts of the real estate investing business. It is so full of unknowns that it stops many…
Well, yes. It’s a pig! But… And here we go with another installment in my by-now-infamous series dealing with $30,000 houses in the Midwest. I want to add a couple…
Sometimes you have flexibility in terms of how long a property can stay on the market before needing to sell. Other times you absolutely must have a home sell in…
What is the secret to mastering real estate negotiation? Let me give you an insider tip right now: It doesn’t have anything to do with low balling the seller, trying to…
It is 11:00 a.m. I am lying down in the front seat of my car, and there are guys shooting at each other in the middle of the street. This…
(The following is an excerpt from the new book from BiggerPockets, The Book on Rental Property Investing. If you are looking to buy more rental properties this year, pick up…
Do you ever find yourself trying to create, or justify, a real estate or note deal? This is especially common with newer investors, who may be on the fence about…
The gross rent multiplier (GRM) is a ratio of property value to income for buy and hold investments. That’s it. It’s the simplest equation in investing. While there is a…
One thing that I see continually — not just in Forum discussions, but from my colleagues and fellow investors at meet ups — is the need to stick to some…
