The Texas Flooding: 5 Scams For Homeowners to Avoid During Rebuilding
During this time of disaster and tragedy throughout Texas, I would like to send my condolences to the families who lost loved ones during the flooding. I would also like to…
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How to Improve Your Credit Score
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Building Wealth: What Key Practices Separate Millionaires From the Middle Class?
Last Friday, my business coach invited me to the Union League in Philadelphia to hear Lewis Schiff speak. Lewis is an author, as well as the Executive Director of INC…
AirBnB vs. Traditional Rental Income: A Creative Way for Investors to Cash Flow in Expensive Cities
We have quite a few friends here on BiggerPockets from expensive West Coast cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego, and we frequently see these would-be investors look for out-of-state…
Is Financial Failure Due to Lack of Motivation? Why Money Issues Run Rampant
I’ll never forget the moment when I made that mental leap — that sudden and forever fateful change in mindset in which I finally and abruptly understood that my financial future…
Revealed: The Top 20 U.S. Markets With the Highest Rental Returns
In a wide-ranging report released today, RealtyTrac takes a look at the state of rental markets across the country. Covering the hottest markets for renting to Millennials, Generation Xers and Baby Boomers,…
What is an Accredited Investor? (And The Arbitrary SEC Rules That Hurt Young Investors)
“It takes money to make money.” It’s a saying that many of us have heard before, and in a lot of cases it can be used as an excuse to…
The 10 Real Estate Markets With Highest Home Price Appreciation
Today RealtyTrac released its November 2014 Residential & Foreclosure Sales Report, which details median prices for sales of residential properties nationwide. The data indicates the median sales price of single…
The 5 Steps Necessary to Master Your Personal Finances
Yes, I have a real estate company. And yes, I am a real estate investor. And yes, I have also been a professional musician longer than I have been an…
The (Totally Unfair) Secret Advantage of the 1% — and How to Level the Field
Want to know why the top 1% of Americans are super rich and why the gap keeps getting wider and wider between them and the rest of us? It’s because…
Is Friday REALLY the Best Day to List Property? The Data May Surprise You
For those of you who spend much of your time reading blogs and white papers about the real estate market, it is likely that you have stumbled upon reports published…
Money Myths and the Biggest Mistakes I’ve Made Raising Capital
In the last article on Raising Capital, I covered: the Types of Money, the Three Main Investment Asset Classes, and I talked briefly about Synergy versus Diversification. The main point…
My Experience With AirBNB in Hawaii
Many of you may have heard about AirBNB by now. For those who hasn’t, it is a website that essentially allow anyone to rent their room/house to others, mainly travelers,…
