The biggest obstacle that most people face when starting their real estate investing journey is finding reliable financing. When you’re at the beginning you likely don’t have the cash on hand to buy properties outright, and even if you do, it can be extremely risky to put personal finan…
Communication is key to a successful real estate investment. Throughout your project, you need to be able to clearly manage timelines, expectations, financing, and more to create a streamlined and profitable project. When working with a hard money lender, step one in the process is a th…
Investing in real estate can be complicated. You need to find opportunities, negotiate deals, and put together financing for your project; and that’s all before you actually perform the renovation. If you’ve found your way here, you’ve likely already solved the financing portion of your…
Getting funding for your real estate investment is one of the biggest hurdles that most aspiring investors face. They find a property, plan their renovation, and scrape together money for their down payment. But then what? They know that a traditional bank isn’t going to fund their fix …
Outsourcing the work in your real estate investment can seem counterproductive when you’re just starting out. It can feel like success will be a product of your blood sweat and tears alone. From property research to acquisition, renovations, maintenance, tenant management, and everythin…
If you’ve paid any attention in recent months, you likely have seen something regarding the tenuous status of the world economy. The stock market has been in flux, interest rates are rising, and we are still dealing with levels of inflation that we haven’t experienced in a number of yea…
Buying or selling a home, whether you’re an experienced investor or not, can be a tedious and complicated process. From dealing with brokers, agents, appraisers, inspectors, and lenders there is quite a bit of industry jargon and documentation. Somewhere in this lengthy process, you’ll come across the need for ‘title’, and though it may seem…
Real estate investing is often said to be a buy-and-hold game. If you’re not executing a fix-and-flip strategy, the conventional wisdom is to watch the asset appreciate over time while generating rental income. While this has the potential to be a perpetual cash flow, there are reasons …
The housing market has been in flux since the start of the pandemic. Increased demand has sent prices skyrocketing and rents have risen just as dramatically. For real estate investors, this begs the question of whether the strategies you’ve used in the past are still relevant. For inves…
If you’re undertaking a real estate project, it’s easy to get carried away with a vision of what the property might look like. Your distressed asset is a blank canvas and your guiding hand is going to turn it into something beautiful. But not all renovation projects are created equal and a dollar invested is…