Battle of the Cap Rates
Want higher ones, right? I don’t. Confused? I don’t blame you. You heard me right. I am just recently more impressed with 7-10% cap rates than 12%+ cap rates. I’ve…
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Tax Sale Properties: What Are they & What to Look Out For
Tax sale properties can often be good real estate deals. Tax sale properties are those that have been seized by a government entity due to non-payment of property taxes. Many…
Real Estate Debt – The Debt Worth Having
I used to think wealthy people do not have debt. If they have so much, why would they ever borrow from anybody? However, the more time I spent working in…
How I Hustled at the Beginning – Going From a $1k – $30k War Chest in 1 Month
In my first blog post for BiggerPockets I talked about people breaking into real estate and how they oftentimes skip the most important part of their investing career: getting their…
How To Delay or Stop Foreclosure
I’ve worked with a ton of short sales over the past year. The single biggest source of stress for a short sale listing agent is watching the foreclosure date approach…
Short Sale Could be the Next REO as Short Sale Process Gets Easier
What is a short sale? Although at this point it might go without saying, a short sale as it relates to housing is when the owner owes more than the…
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis 101
As Ali Boone’s article titled Rental Property Numbers so Easy that You Can Calculate Them on Napkin pointed out, “In this industry, you must love the numbers. Love them like…
How to Use The Craigslist Map View To Reach More Tenants
Several months ago, Craigslist came out with a long-overdue feature for individuals looking to find rentals on the popular classifieds website: the Craigslist Map View. For those of you not…
Gross Rent Multiplier – Techniques to Speed Up Your Decision Making, Part II
In Part I of Techniques to Speed Up Your Decision Making, I outlined three basic measurements to quickly estimate value of an apartment property. These three are: Price per Unit…
Price per Unit – Techniques to Speed Up Your Decision Making, Part I
If you’re evaluating many apartment investment deals, oftentimes you need a quick way to determine ones that warrant more detailed analysis. After all, your time is valuable and any time…
The Real Estate Guru Trap – How It Works & 4 Ways to Avoid It
As I attended a real estate investment event a couple weeks back, I couldn’t help but take interest in each of the speakers and seeing what they were all about.…
Green Real Estate Certifications Explained
Welcome to the world of green certifications. This is a post I have been putting off writing for over a year. Why? Well, while I don’t put much stock into…
C Corporation: The Active Real Estate Investor’s Preferred Choice of Entity
A common question among many real estate investors I meet is “should I form a C corporation or an S corporation for my short term investing (short term investing is…
