One of the best rewards of being in real estate over the past few years is seeing how more individuals and families are taking advantage of self-directed retirement accounts to fast track their investments and pay less in taxes.

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Before I discovered real estate I had a passion for cars. I even owned a body shop as one of my first businesses. I now keep my businesses and investments diversified within the real estate industry. Yet, I still love cars, and there are a lot of great lessons that correlate between the two.

When I was younger (and often lived above my means) I had…

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Yes! There are still mortgage note investments out there that still work. Finding them is all about knowing where to look, being able to recognize the diamond in the rough and knowing how to extract value from them.

This is really the perfect analogy for the current real estate and mortgage note landscape. As you know, there are vast acres of land in…

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Creative Investors needing to maximize cash flow and leverage will often finance an asset using a two-step mortgage that requires a balloon payment after a set number of years.

A balloon payment is a substantial payment due at the end of a loan, if it does not reset. The loan may be a mortgage, commercial loan or or other amortized contract. Two-step mortgages…

Tens of Thousands Lost, But Southern California Investor Is Still Positive

By Linda Pliagas

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Last week, I had the…

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Private funds are becoming increasingly attractive to investors. As more understand their superior benefits, and the necessity of this type of asset in their portfolios, both individual investors and institutional ones are weighting their portfolios more heavily with them.

Avoiding Volatility

One of the big reasons for the shift to…

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What inheritance are you leaving your children?

I know you would probably expect me to say “mortgage notes,” or “passive income properties.” Those are great investments. They might be some of the best types of assets to pass on in an estate. Yet, there are some things which are far more important!

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50% or more of your success in real estate is going to come down to how you deal with contractors. You can find and negotiate great property deals all day long, have all the capital in the world, and even be great at leasing and resales. However, if you don’t have great contractors and don’t know how to manage them well, it can all come…

Our funds have attracted millions of dollars from many savvy individual investors. Yet, as I go out to visit our job sites and tour the country to speak at industry events, I continue to run into people who just seem stuck. They may be making enough money to get by, but they still haven’t made the leap to the smart investments they need to get to the next…

I was a pretty big sports fan growing up. I still am, to a degree, but I don't take the time to watch games as I once did. Of all the games, my favorite was basketball. Now, a little-known secret: I tried to walk on for the Junior Varsity team at the University of Oregon. I almost became a Kamikaze Kid, I was…

I was a pretty big sports fan growing up. I still am, to a degree, but I don't take the time to watch games as I once did. Of all the games, my favorite was basketball. Now, a little-known secret: I tried to walk on for the Junior Varsity team at the University of Oregon. I almost became a Kamikaze Kid, I was…