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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% [...]
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 [...]
The 401(k) is for people who plan to be poor when they retire.
Matthew Owens, a well-known Real Estate investor from the Los Angeles and Southbay area, wrote this post on his blog describing some of the downfalls of traditional investing in a 401(k). Many people have been sucked into the system that financial advisors perpetuate and are therefor afraid to take control of their own financial future. [...]