Slightly Less Offensive Ads
Thursday, September 12
The most underrated topic in buy and hold real estate investing is Fair Housing. In fact, its staggering how many investors don’t bother learning much if anything about Fair Housing. I was flabbergasted when I read a recent thread on a national FB group for landlords where half a dozen people we...
Forget Opportunities Create Habits
Saturday, August 31
“Opportunity only knocks once.” It’s a cliche in our society. It's used in countless movies and tv shows, quoted thousands of times over. It’s a crutch for many people who cling to normalcy. It’s even misused by people who have the drive for success. There are motivated people in the world who ...
Real Estate Expansion Lessons From Corporate America
Thursday, August 01
Growing a real estate portfolio with a large purchase is a daunting task. It has the thrill of a successful outcome tied with apprehension of taking on something so large, usually in debt form. For many investors its the apprehension that prevents them from acting on it. There is a limited few ...
Bringing The Human Element Back
Wednesday, July 03
“Sometimes I show apartments. Sometimes I’m the enforcer. Most of the time though I’m a psychologist who provides housing to people.”In a moment of bold zaniness I described my profession this way at a networking event last week. It got some good laughs. On the way home it reminded me of how muc...
5 Reasons Why Your Portfolio Isn't Growing
Thursday, June 20
1. You Aren't Protecting Your Time.It's a common thing in real estate investing and business in general to jump as soon as a potential or current customer needs something. It's our natural instinct. But have you stopped to consider that your reaction to jump is probably preventing you from focusi...
Mixing It Up in Real Estate
Wednesday, May 15
I’m the type of person who likes variety in life. I like spicing up my life by traveling different places, trying new restaurants, and giving some things the good ole college try as hobbies. But one thing I haven’t done is mix up my investing strategy...yet.All my life I’ve been around buy and ho...