We don’t get much financial education in school. Even if you major in finance in college, there is not much focus on personal finance. When personal finance is taught – in school, from parents, colleagues or mentors – it usually focuses completely on mutual funds, stocks and bonds. People are told to max out their […]
Most successful real estate investors can give you multiple recommendations for books that helped guide them in their journey. You can find a wide variety of real estate books with topics ranging from flipping properties to buy-and-hold rentals to investing in real estate investment trusts (REITs). If you have not done any real estate investing, […]
You already know by adding real estate to your portfolio, you can boost your long-term returns and smooth volatility. Real estate provides steady income, long-term capital appreciation, diversification, inflation protection, all while offering a low correlation to the stock market. You’d like to get involved, but you really want to avoid the nightmare stories you’ve […]
You may have heard that real estate investing is the I.D.E.A.L. investment because you get Income, Depreciation, Equity, Appreciation, and Leverage. To take those concepts a step further, I believe that investing passively in commercial real estate syndications, or private placements, may be the P.E.R.F.E.C.T. investment, especially when it comes to multifamily properties. PassiveMany active […]
There are a number of reasons to be attracted to real estate as an investment asset class, especially now. The stock market has been on a nauseating ride in 2020, with Covid-19 acting as the black swan catalyst. Thus, the longest bull market in history came to an end after an 11 year run. When […]
It’s a tale as old as time – boy meets girl; girl mentions Real Estate Investing (REI); boy becomes hooked on REI… Well maybe it’s not that old of a tale, but that is how I got started in the industry of investing in real assets. A co-worker that I’ve known for several years mentioned […]