The following is a real title insurance story from my real estate investing business. I hope my own real estate title problems will help you avoid big mistakes with your own real estate investing. I recently got a call from an attorney. And with apologies to my attorney friends, that’s rarely a good thing! At [Continue Reading]
How to Get Out of a Real Estate Investing Rut
This is a guest post from Joel of the blog 5amJoel.com. The article was originally published on his site, but I asked if I could also share it here. Joel is an experienced investor who got into a real estate investing rut. I’ll let you tell his story, but I was honored that he used [Continue Reading]
The One Percent Rule – Quick Math For Positive Cash Flow Rental Properties
The one percent rule is an analysis tool used by real estate investors to quickly screen potential rental properties. I briefly covered the one percent rule in How to Run the Numbers Using Back-of-the-Envelope Analysis. But in this article I’ll go into more depth about what it is, when to use it (and when not to!), [Continue Reading]
How to Be a Flexible Investor & Profit In Any Real Estate Market
This is a guest post from J Scott, a successful investor who has flipped over 300 houses. J also wrote two real estate books I recommend more than almost any others – The Book on Flipping Houses and The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs. J is one of the best investors I know at adapting [Continue Reading]
How to Buy an Investment Property – From Contract to Closing
Real estate investing is an amazing tool to help you retire early and do what matters. But before you can achieve those big goals, you have to begin much more practically. For starters, you have to learn how to buy an investment property! And if you’re brand new, the buying process can be intimidating. There are many [Continue Reading]
Where to Buy an Investment Property – The A, B, C, D Rating System
Listen to or Download the Audio/Podcast Version of This Article As a real estate investor, there are few more important decisions than where to buy an investment property. It’s like making sure you have fertile soil before you plant seeds for your crops. Your “farming” of good investments begins by understanding the big picture criteria [Continue Reading]