How to Protect Your Wholesale Deal from Investor Sharks
Friday, July 20
How to Protect Your Wholesale Deal from Investor SharksIn the world of real estate investing, there isn’t anyone more enthusiastic than a new wholesaler with a deal. As the naive wholesaler chums the waters for prospective buyers it attracts investor sharks, prepared with advanced tactics to take...
The $63,000 Phone Call
Wednesday, June 08
This deal began in the fall of 2014. Through the power of google, some tenacity and a lot of luck it resulted in me getting a plot of land in South Park, a Mission Hills mansion and a stranger $63,000 richer.I was working on a lead in the South Park neighborhood of San Diego, one of the most popu...
Millennials, The Missing Participant in The Housing Recovery
Tuesday, June 09
Bloomberg recently published an article on the 13 cities where millennials cannot afford a home and you better believe San Diego came in high on the list. By taking the median home price and median income for each market they created this infographic below to show the shortages in each respecti...
Why Raising the Rent Annually is Non-Negotiable & How do do it
Thursday, May 28
Jimmy McMillan might not agree with me but you should. Why Raising the Rent Annually is Non-Negotiable & How do do itThe day I closed on my first rental property I had one of the worst performing apartment buildings in Southern California. Drug dealers, roaches and low rents. Quick...
"You Have a Watch, But I Have Time" Adjusting the Work / Life Balance
Monday, January 19
When I decided to get involved in real estate investing my goal was in line with most of the motivational posts you see about “firing your boss” living free, controlling your destiny blah blah blah. Freedom has a different meaning to all of us but to me it was realized after a trip to Australia. ...
Meth, Death & Subpoena’s The Time I Stopped a House From Being Stolen
Wednesday, January 14
Part of the fun in buying fixer upper houses is the stories behind them and one of our most recent deals had it all. Drug abuse, death, a pitbull and me getting subpoenaed as a witness. This is how I helped prevent a kind lady from having her house stolen and found a great dog a new home.When the...