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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 [...]
The 5 Best Books About Success
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 [...]
Why Stagnant Economic Times Present a Rare Investment Opportunity
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 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 [...]