Your Reputation is Everything. Guard it With Your Life.
As Warren Buffet put it, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." In other…
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Andrew Syrios
Why Financial Freedom Can Be Highly Overrated—And Not Necessarily Lead to Happiness
Retirement can be done right in my opinion. But if you just retire because you've hit the age of 65 and now you're eligible for social security or whatever... well,…
How We Purchased Our Easiest (& Weirdest) Deal Yet: A Package of 17 Condos
We've bought a few big portfolios in our time (most notably, a portfolio of nine, 41—and the granddaddy of 97), but this one was by far the easiest... and the…
The 2% Rule Should Die a Horrible Death
Think the 2% Rule is a valid metric to measure all your real estate deals against? Here's why this "rule" is not only silly—it's also dangerous.
5 Ways to Get Your Refinances Approved
The numbers, while very important, aren't the be-all, end-all of getting a refinance. Banking is still a people business and you need to master the art of coming off professional,…
Why You Really Don’t Need Expensive Material Goods
The investment mindset starts with learning to defer gratification. And there's no better way to learn to defer gratification than to realize that you don't need the best, most expensive…
Beware “Yes,” Master “No”: The Surprising Key to Skillful Negotiation
We should want to hear "no" a few times if the negotiation is more in-depth than just shooting out offers at REO listings to see what happens.
The Wild Ups and Downs of Real Estate Investing (& Why It’s Worth It)
There are so many variables that keep real estate investing, well, interesting! Here are some of my craziest experiences and why it's all been worth it.
Why You Should Focus on Improving Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses
How many times have we heard, "I wish I did that better?" How many times have we said it ourselves? We should relegate that sentiment to the back burner.
7 Reasons Bonuses and Incentives Don’t Work (& What Actually Does)
Motivating others has always been difficult. That's true whether it comes to employees, vendors, our children, colleagues—or even ourselves for that matter.
7 Ways to Constructively Give Criticism for a Better Real Estate Business
Tough conversations are easy to avoid, but avoiding them will make you far worse off. It's better to have them now and approach them professionally.
How Becoming Antifragile May Save You From a Market Crash
We can't know when the next financial crisis, recession, or drop in real estate will be. The important thing is to be ready. Here's one option to consider.
An Introductory Guide to Leveraging Mapping Technology in Investing
To truly understand a neighborhood you're considering investing in, you have to analyze it at a much closer level than zip codes. This technology can help.
