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…
There are a lot of variables in a fix and flip project. Creating a concrete plan for success means having an in-depth understanding of every financial variable in a project. But weighing the importance of these factors can be difficult. You need to know what to prioritize in order to cr…
We hear from hundreds of investors every week who are trying to find success in real estate investing. These are people who have taken the first steps, identified a property, and are doing everything they can to secure financing in order to make their real estate investment dreams a reality. To even get this far…
Real estate investing can seem complicated, but getting started doesn’t have to be. At The Hard Money Co., we’ve put together a 10-Step checklist that can jumpstart your investing career. Though this checklist may not get you entirely across the finish line, we can guarantee that if you…
Though many of our readers have found success in their real estate investments with the help of hard money, there’s a bigger number still that have yet to take the plunge and invest in their first property. If you’re like us, you’ve read and watched every piece of content you can get yo…
In real estate investing, there isn’t a one-sized fits all approach to your strategy. With the exception of some emerging REITs and ETFs, there is no obvious way to get into the market without getting your hands dirty. Investors that are looking for out-sized returns through fix and flips, long-term rentals, or other similar strategies…
What is the 70% Rule and Why is it important for house flipping? If you’ve spent any amount of time researching fix and flips, you’ve likely come across the 70% rule before. The concept for flips is simple enough; acquire a property for a low enough price that you can generate a substan…
There’s no such thing as ‘adjusting to the new normal’, anymore. The world is moving too fast for us to get complacent with the environment around us. Whether it be the pandemic, global political instability, or economic uncertainty, we are faced with more challenges than ever before. B…
We choose to invest in real estate for a number of reasons; it gives us the ability to generate relatively passive rental income, offers diversification, and ultimately allows us to realize outsized returns on the disposition of the property. But all of this is predicated on the ability to borrow money, and as interest rates…