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What is the best day of the year for real estate investors?

I think Mother’s Day is a strong contender. It’s hard to beat from both a business point of view, and in being personally meaningful.

If you’re not a mother yourself, then you’ve got mothers in your life. Either they work with or for you, rent from you, support you in your investing, or…

Arbitrage is both a very basic concept and a high level strategy deployed by sophisticated investors and entrepreneurs. It’s used for efficiently creating great profits, with a lot less hassle and stress. So, how does it work? Who is using it? How can you apply it?

Who Uses Arbitrage to Supersize their Potential &…

Is it time to rethink the way you think about funds and invest in them?

There are all types of funds.…

Manhattan has fallen. For over a year the heart of the Big Apple has been battling a real estate correction. While it may not be fun for NYC homeowners, it makes other markets like New Jersey look really appealing to investors.

The Fall of Manhattan

Manhattan’s real estate market has been beaten up, beat down and stomped on over the last year.…

This can be one of the best times of the year to acquire new real estate assets. Even more so if you are risk averse and prefer shorter investment cycles. Here’s why…

According to Business…

It’s Valentine’s Day! Check out these five ways to revive and fuel your passion for real estate…

Whether you are burning out from a crazy sprint at the beginning of the year, have had tough times dealing with contractors recently, or could just use a little more inspiration to get to the next level, this is a great day to take some action.

Don’t…

While all real estate is local, and trends take their time to circulate, it’s becoming undeniable that there has been some notable changes in the temperature of the market. This is exactly the moment many investors have been waiting for…

The last nine years have provided a great run up in US property prices. Many have gained great windfalls in equity.…

Is investing in a real estate fund the right financial move for you? Who is it for? Who isn’t it for?

Real estate funds have been proving to be both attractive and profitable vehicles for many investors. For many sophisticated investors, family offices and even larger and broader funds and endowments, they are now one of the main staples in their…

Time is a tricky beast. It will rule you and slip through your fingers if you let it. Other people and their agendas will control your time, your return on it and use of it, if you let them.

Even with the best intentions and clearly written goals, getting what you really want most out of your time can be elusive. I’ve found the best way to beat that is…

What are the best end of year moves for investors and executives of investment firms?

There are a lot of obvious financial moves everyone should be making at this time of year. You definitely want to square away your accounting, make sure you’ve maxed out your self-directed IRA contributions, and are taking full advantage of any tax breaks you can for…

What are the best end of year moves for investors and executives of investment firms?

There are a lot of obvious financial moves everyone should be making at this time of year. You definitely want to square away your accounting, make sure you’ve maxed out your self-directed IRA contributions, and are taking full advantage of any tax breaks you can for…

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.

This is a great country that still has a lot of freedoms and opportunity. If we take advantage of them that is. Not many…

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…

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…

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…

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!

Financial Independence

We all…

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…