I have been a real estate investor for 20 years or so and I have been a part of many evictions. I am also a real estate broker and I used to sell foreclosures for banks. I have been part of evictions for my own properties and for bank-owned properties as well. In some cases, … Read more
The real estate market has increased significantly in many areas of the country in the last few years. This has made it very tough to invest in real estate and challenging to buy a house as an owner-occupant as well. While it is tougher to buy real estate when prices are high, it is not … Read more
Rents have been increasing in much of the US and most of the world. Whenever rents increase we here people bring up rent control as a way to keep rent affordable. Rent control has been implemented in many areas and it doesn’t always have the results that were hoped for. The problem with rent control … Read more
Rental properties have made me a lot of money and built a ton of wealth for me as well. I have around 10 million dollars in net worth now which is mostly from my rentals. Not only can rentals provide monthly cash flow but they can build your net worth very quickly as well. I … Read more
I am a huge proponent of investing in rental properties for cash flow, but I don’t invest just for cash flow. I love the money my rentals produce in income every month but I also love the equity I have. My rentals have created millions of dollars of net worth for me and while the … Read more
I am trying to buy as many rental properties as possible because of the great returns they provide. I am also trying to help other investors discover the fantastic world of investing in long-term rentals through my blog. However, I run into a lot of feedback from people who are worried about how risky it … Read more
I own rental properties, flip houses, am a real estate broker, and live in Colorado where marijuana is legal. I have no problem with marijuana or it being legalized, but as a landlord, I must be very careful renting to any business that involves marijuana. The big issues come from the fact that while pot … Read more
Real estate is one of the best ways for the everyday person to make it big but it is not easy to get started, let alone buy another rental property! It takes money, perseverance, and guts to buy real estate and use it for an investment. A lot of people want to become investors but … Read more
I am a strong advocate that investors should buy rental properties for cash flow and not appreciation. Appreciation is a nice bonus but it is really risky buying properties that do not make money! Another question an investor must ask themselves is how much cash flow is needed on their rental properties? How much cash … Read more
When I bought my first rental properties I managed them myself, with some help from my wife. If you ask my wife, she would probably say she managed them with a little bit of help from me. Whichever is true, we did a decent job of managing the houses, but we could have done much … Read more
I bought a commercial property in 2018 for $2,100,000. It was a 68k square foot strip mall that had a grocery store, restaurant, office, and coffee shop as tenants. I bought this property in Northern Colorado and it was the most expensive and biggest property I had ever purchased by far! I thought this was … Read more