Everyone wants to talk about success. But what about failure? When we fail, we learn the most important lessons. Here’s how to leverage your mistakes, turning the bad into something good.

When I was growing up, my grandparents lived in the mountains outside of a small, rural northern California town, far removed from the comforts of modern city living. They had electricity, but t...

Before I became a full-time real estate investor well over a decade ago, I worked for a city’s public safety department, which is a combined police and fire department under one roof. It’s sort ...

When investing in single family homes, you have to sit around waiting for the market to appreciate to realize a higher value. When you own an apartment complex, you are in control. If you want t...

Many single family landlords have it easy. Their tenants tend to stay for a while. They are oftentimes more stable. Some of them even take good care of the home that they are renting. It can som...

A few months ago while on vacation in Hawaii, my wife Suzi and I had just sat down for breakfast at one of our favorite restaurants. As we were perusing our menus, a man walked by our table talk...

Last year I wanted to refinance some of my small rental properties. Four properties, a hundred grand here, two hundred grand there… but you would have thought that I was seeking to solve the mys...

Economy of Scale. This is the big advantage of investing in multifamily — or at least it’s the one most talked about. You typically hear it expressed like this: “You only have one roof to fix, o...

Come on, admit it… you’ve heard it all before. To determine what an apartment complex is worth, all you have to do is divide the Net Operating Income (NOI) by the cap rate. It’s so simple, it ca...

I used to watch this show on the Discovery Channel where two special effects experts test the validity of rumors and myths. In one episode, the guys tested whether frozen chickens cause more dam...

I’ve been in this business over 25 years…buying, rehabbing, and reselling distressed property. When you’ve been at it this long, once in a while the opportunity will arise to purchase and...

Investor General’s Warning: The contents of this article may stunt your growth. Side effects include sleeping well at night, the ability to look at yourself in the mirror in...