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401(k) Investing
Guest Post: Why You Should Consider Real Estate Inside Your IRA or 401(k)
Have you ever considered using your IRA or 401(k) to buy real estate? Did you even know you could? Every day, thousands of Americans are using their retirement accounts to purchase investment real estate. No, they are not withdrawing their money and paying taxes and penalties. They are transferring their money to self-directed IRAs and [...]
4 Reasons NOT to get a Financial Advisor
4 Reasons NOT to get a Financial Advisor 1) FINANCIAL ADVISORS DO NOT DIVERSIFY OUT OF PAPER ASSETS If you have had a meeting with a financial advisor, I am sure that you have heard that “diversification is key.” You might find it shocking to find out that almost no financial advisors practice what they [...]
Guest Post: Top 5 Reasons to Invest in Real Estate Instead of Paper Assets
(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 [...]
5 Reasons To Invest In Out-Of-State Real Estate
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 [...]
Watch a *webinar* on investing in Mortgage Notes
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?
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 [...]
How to use your retirement plan to invest in real estate.
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 [...]
A New Component of Diversification: Amortized V. Non-Amortized
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 [...]
How to Achieve Double Digit Returns With Real Estate
If you are like many investors, you are sick of hearing about problems that you can’t control but still negatively affect your portfolio. What is going to happen in Greece? Is Europe in need of a bailout? If so, are Americans going to front the bill? Is Bank of America in dire need of capital? [...]
A Simple Explanation of the Most Secured Real Estate Investment
The recent stock market volatility has left many investors looking for reliable returns that provide cash flow, rather than unpredictable variance. Investing in real estate notes is one of the most straightforward and secured methods of investment. Mortgage notes are a great way to diversify your portfolio and also provide cash flow. Here is [...]