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Compounding Interest: Why You Should Invest Now and Spend Later
When it comes to financial planning, taking a reliable approach rather than swinging for the fences can yield incredible results. If you have the patience, it is remarkable what is possible if you focus on low-risk cash flow, rather than relying on asset appreciation. In this post, we will look over some of [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
Investing for Cash Flow versus Investing for Equity
In the investing community, there are many different philosophies and strategies, but the two schools of thought that constantly come up are the differences between investing for equity and investing for cash flow. Equity is the value of an owned interest in a property, while cash flow is the monthly income that a property provides. [...]