Where Should You Park Cash Between Real Estate Deals?
Sponsored by Connect Invest. If you’ve ever gone in as an LP on a syndication, you already know this trade. The GP does the underwriting, manages the asset, and handles…
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Pay Off Your Mortgage or Reinvest in Real Estate? What Makes More Sense in Today’s Market?
Leverage was always the love language for real estate investors. It was the principle on which the BRRRR strategy was based, and fortunes were made. However, since the dramatic rise…
Where to Park Cash Between Deals (Without Letting It Rot in a Savings Account)
This article is presented in partnership with Connect Invest. You finally found a deal. Then it died at inspection. Or the seller got cold feet. Or some cash buyer with…
A New Report Says That Retirement Could Cost $2.5 Million by 2043—Here’s How Real Estate Investing Could Help You Get There
The conventional concept of retirement—leisurely games of golf, twice-yearly vacations, and drinking coffee at morning book clubs—is becoming as improbable as watching a unicorn foal graze in your back garden.…
8 Creative Ways to Pay Off Your Mortgage Quicker
The popular train of thought amongst real estate investors is to delay paying off the mortgage on your personal residence in lieu of investing money in rentals to generate more…
How the Wealthiest Have Programmed Their Portfolios This Year
Despite stock markets hovering around record highs, investors are feeling jittery. You can see it in consumer confidence collapsing to its lowest level since 2014, as well as in the…
How Investors Are Using Fixed Notes to Hedge Against Vacancy Risk
This article is presented by Connect Invest. Real estate investing is a great way to get passive income. But what happens when your passive investment requires active attention: your tenant…
What Really is the Upper-Middle Class and How Helpful is Real Estate in Getting You There?
Everyone calls themselves “middle class.” No, really—just 10% of Americans identify as lower class, and only 1% identify as upper class. But by definition, not everyone can actually be “middle…
Why Even Smart Investors Get Wiped Out (and How to Protect Your Wealth Now)
Most investors think that diversity is the key to protecting their wealth. They’ve got money in real estate, the stock market, and maybe even some private equity deals. That’s good,…
Money Moves to Make Once You Hit a $250K Net Worth
Your needs change as you build wealth and mature financially. Just like you don’t live in a dorm room anymore, what got you by when you were a scrappy upstart…
Smart Money Moves to Make at $500K Net Worth
You’ve reached the halfway point to joining the two-comma club! Now what? Just like you outgrew that small floor mattress in your first apartment, you’ve outgrown some of the money…
Do This Before You Buy a Car
Cars are a big source of contention in the finance world. It is very easy to make judgments about someone (and their financial situation) based on what they drive, even…
8 Clever Tax Strategies to Get the Most of Your IRA
Despite their limitations, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are incredibly powerful. And you can do all kinds of creative tricks with them to build a huge nest egg, tax-free. Try these…
