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Kenneth Estes

Expertise: Mortgages & Creative Financing, Real Estate News & Commentary
24 Articles Written
During Kenny's decade in finance he bought many single family rentals in rural areas, as a hobby. Along the way, he talked some brave souls into joining him as investors and recently retired from ...
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During Kenny's decade in finance he bought many single family rentals in rural areas, as a hobby. Along the way, he talked some brave souls into joining him as investors and recently retired from finance to take his hobby to the next level. Find more by and about Kenny on his personal blog and his recently created twitter account!
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Business Management

Who Needs a 1099?

By Kenneth Estes

At our company we’re in the middle of changing our payroll providers. We did the logical thing and had the new provider start with the new year; however, pesky things like issuing 1099’s ...

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Business Management

Paperless Accounting: How to Streamline Your Real Estate Bookkeeping

By Kenneth Estes

The links to third-party products and services on this page are affiliate links, meaning that BiggerPockets may earn a commission (at no additional cost to you) if you click through and make...

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Real Estate News & Commentary

What NOT to Learn from Bobby Fischer about Real Estate Investing

By Kenneth Estes

Growing up I played chess.   I was never any good, but I was the “proud” member of the high school chess team.   As an homage to my geeky past I recently picked up a biography of t...

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Real Estate News & Commentary

The Surprising Truth About Interest Rates and Real Estate Values

By Kenneth Estes

For the last five years or so the Federal reserve has been working hard to keep interest rates low (by printing money and calling it “stimulus”).  Last week, they announced they would

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Mortgages & Creative Financing

The Future of Real Estate Lending

By Kenneth Estes

A few weeks ago I wrote an article exploring the new rent backed bonds Blackstone has b...

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Personal Finance

Is This a Bitcoin Bubble? An In-Depth Look at the Bitcoin Phenomenon.

By Kenneth Estes

Bitcoins are on the tip of everyone’s tongue these days; probably because they quadrupled in price in the month of November. Although they’ve been around for years, this ...

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Real Estate News & Commentary

How to Invest Like a Gambler – and Win (The Kelly Criterion)

By Kenneth Estes

Did you know that gambling drives investment theory? It’s a not often talked about fact that many of the recent 

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Mortgages & Creative Financing

Why Long Term Goal Planning Might Be Severely Hurting Your Financial Future

By Kenneth Estes

76 years ago Napolean Hill wrote the book “Think and Grow Rich,” one of the best selling self-help books of all time.  He argues that to reac...

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Mortgages & Creative Financing

Why I Love Being Called an Idiot… (And Why You Should Also!)

By Kenneth Estes

It’s that time of the quarter again at my company where we’re preparing for our next investment round.  Once again, I have to endure the self-flagellation that is the “Kenny salesman.”  I’m dece...

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Real Estate News & Commentary

4 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Buy Real Estate (Yes, I’m Serious!)

By Kenneth Estes

I buy real estate. I actually buy quite a bit of real estate. Should you? Probably not. I’m not telling you to rent for the rest of your life; owning your home has its advan...

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Real Estate News & Commentary

Rent Backed Bonds and Idiotic Humans

By Kenneth Estes

The world around us is chaotic and destructive. This is a good thing. Today’s post is a follow up from last week – if you haven’t read that article, 

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Real Estate News & Commentary

Humans Are Idiots And What We Can Do About It

By Kenneth Estes

Last week I finished the book “Antifragility: things that gain from disorder” by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (NNT).  I came to a conclusion: NNT is an egotistical ...

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