Responding To Defeat To Drive Your Business Forward
Friday, May 25
I have a confession to make. I am one of the worst losers you will ever meet. Losing is not, has not, and will never be fun for me. It’s one of my biggest identified character flaws. I (at least I think) am a pretty gracious winner, but losing just flat out sucks. My wife tells me regularly that ...
Lessons Learned From Closing on a 253-unit Apartment
Friday, April 20
Yesterday we closed on a 253-unit value-add apartment complex in San Antonio. This property sits 2 miles from a 192-unit property we closed on in November of last year. In total, we raised roughly $9.5 million dollars in equity, and we’ve seen our total portfolio pass the $70 million and 700 un...
Real Estate: The Path to Living a Life By Design
Tuesday, March 27
When we first started buying rental properties, the goal was passive income, and I was chasing this much talked about goal of Financial Freedom. Pictures of me sitting on the beach and traveling the world were dancing in my head. I was planning to be totally checked out of working life and just...
The Top 5 Reasons We're Selling Our Residential Portfolio
Monday, February 26
If you have followed our story, you’ll know we got our start in this business buying duplexes and fourplexes—ultimately scaling that to 76-units. You can read about how we did thathere.Today, we are in the process of selling off that portfolio and the monthly cash flow we receive from it. Some o...
Why We're Utilizing Long-Term Debt
Monday, February 26
“You make your money on the buy” is a phrase that is always thrown around in the real estate industry. I don’t disagree with it, but I think people are using it as a crutch to stop investing today as the market feels like it is nearing a peak. We are still buying properties today, and expect to...
Grow Your Business By Focusing On Your Strengths
Wednesday, January 31
There is a lot of debate in the business world right now about whether you should focus on shoring up your weaknesses to “plug the holes” or if you should double down on your strengths and really accentuate where you are awesome. At Wildhorn Capital, we are growing by focusing on our strengths, ...