The Cash Flow Is King

(1) CONTROL – Many money managers will advise you to diversify your investments in paper assets such as mutual funds and cd’s. Yet as investors search for investments with lower risk, they increase the level of risk for themselves by investing mainly in mutual funds. The problem being you have no real control over the …

  I have to admit, just a couple years ago, I hated reading.  It always seemed like hours and hours of B.S. in order to find out that the imaginary hero saved the day and got the girl.  This all changed when I was introduced to books dedicated to success and financial education.  I realized …

Conventional wisdom would have you believe that investing during times when real estate is appreciating is the best way to accumulate wealth.  While this ideology is not entirely untrue, its only has merit if you have a specific wealth building strategy.  In some areas during the last credit bubble, real estate was appreciating by 25% …

5 Signs You Might Need to Look Out of State to Invest in Real Estate Investing in real estate not as simple as the “gurus” would have you believe,  nor is it an unattainable myth that should be left to the pros.  Due to tax laws, cash flow, and appreciation, investing in real estate has …

If you have been following my blog, you know that mortgage notes are my favorite investment vehicle. When structured properly, mortgage notes can be the most secured way to achieve passive cash flow. I have discussed in previous articles how investing mortgage notes works.  Like most cash flow investments, an investor puts up a lump …

What is a Cash Flow investment? Cash Flow investments are investments that provide regular monthly, quarterly, or annual payments.  In almost all cash flow investments, the general principle is the same;  an investor puts up a lump sum in order to receive re-occurring payments and therefore, receives a return on investment.  When you start to …

Did you know that your IRA can be a great tool for investing in real estate?  The capability to do this has always existed, but very few people know about it.  As the stock market has produced unreliable returns over the last decade, people are starting to look to more secure ways to invest in …

It is common to hear that “diversification is key” when building a portfolio. However, most financial advisors fall short when they attempt to implement this strategy. In most investors’ minds, this means investing by purchasing a mix of tech stocks, medical stocks, and energy stocks. This is a very short-sided definition of diversification as all …

In a recent post, I discussed how the FHA and GSE’s loan limits in certain California counties were going to have a dramatic impact on home prices as in expensive areas, where the loan maximums would drop from $729,750 to $625,000. One of the reasons this was never publicized in the mainstream media because, in …