My Top 10 Real Estate Nightmares (& How They Made Me a Better Investor)
When you are in the real estate game long enough, it’s not a matter of if a nightmarish situation that will shake your investing confidence will happen but rather a…
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Whitney Hutten
The Beginner’s Guide to BRRRR Financing with Other People’s Money
The quicker you can learn how to leverage other people's money, the quicker you can scale your portfolio and create real wealth. Here are the most common options to finance…
25 Ways to Earn Extra Cash in 2020
Increasing the gap between your income and expenses—and saving and investing the difference—is the best way to improve your financial position. But you can only cut expenses so far before…
Here’s How to Mitigate Your Risk When Buying Property at Retail Prices
In this post, I break down the three things you need to do if you want to invest in properties at retail prices. If you work full-time, have a family,…
Investors, Should You Be Paying Mortgage Points?
What investor wouldn't like having a lower mortgage and interest rate? One way to do this is pay mortgage points. In this article, I'll break down when to use this…
Class A, B, C, D Real Estate: A Holistic Approach to Classifying Property Types
New real estate investors may wonder what the terms Class A, B, C, and D property mean. Classifying property is in part about age but should also consider things like…
Why We Really, Really Need More Women Investors in the Real Estate Industry
Let me state the obvious: It's a problem how women are under-represented in real estate. In this article I explain the four reasons why—and what we can do to change…
8 Ways to Supercharge Your Retirement Through Real Estate Investing
Regardless of when you want to retire, you need to have a plan in place. Real estate investing is a great way to help you secure that plan. I give…
6 Ways Investing in Real Estate Has Changed My Life
A few years ago, I felt a complete lack of control over my financial future—burning the candle at both ends and twice in the middle trying to figure out how…
13 Simple Hacks to Dramatically Lower Your Healthcare & Childcare Costs
Outside of housing and transportation, the costs of healthcare and childcare are the next largest expenses that a household faces. How is one supposed to get ahead?! Here are a…
7 Lies About Debt (& How to Get Out of It for Good)
Consumer debt has been normalized by society—this is not OK! The truth is debt is a trap that can ruin your finances. If you're in debt, it doesn't have to…
How My Worst Real Estate Nightmares All Came True (& What I Did About It)
As real estate investors, we’ve all heard the horror stories of what could go wrong with owning any sort of real estate property. Vacancies, severe disrepair, creditors knocking, hoarding, death…
5 Ways to Build a Real Estate Empire With FHA Lending
Often first-time real estate investors struggle with finding enough capital to make their first rental or flip purchase, thinking they must have a down payment of 20% or more to…
