Category: Real estate

7 Key Lessons for Real Estate Investing : Pick a Strategy and Stick to It : This first lesson covers the basics because there are a lot of different ways to invest in real estate. That’s one of the reasons I love real estate investing so much. It’s like that weird box of chocolates they…

Choosing Your Market & Timing The Investment Wisely : For successful real estate investment, it’s more important to know your local market than just what’s going on nationwide. Your purchase and its success will be most influenced by the factors at work in your specific real estate market. A good rule of thumb to become…

How to Invest in Real Estate Now to Reap the Benefits Later Simply stated, when investing in real estate, the goal is to put money to work today and allow it to increase so that you have more money in the future. The profit, or return, you make on your investments must be enough to…

One of the main reasons people invest is to increase their wealth. Although the motivations may differ between investors—some may want money for retirement, others may choose to sock away money for other life events like having a baby or for a wedding—making money is usually the basis of all investments. And it doesn’t matter…

The internet is filled with tons of information on how to generate new leads, and a lot of times when you’re first starting off, it can be a challenge determining which lead generation strategy will actually yield results. 4 Ways to Generate New Wholesaling Leads That Actually Work: Make Offers on the Multiple Listing Service…

There have been some discussions lately about the legitimacy of wholesaling. Darren Sager has made a good case that wholesaling is, for all intents and purposes, similar to a net listing (which is illegal in many states). Furthermore, Illinois has severely restricted the practice of wholesaling and other states are likely to follow suit. Still,…

When speaking with newcomers to the real estate investment world, there are a few things I seem to constantly bring up, reinforce, and hear others say. Here are four of the most important things new investors must know. Go To Real Estate Meetups: Lots of the meetups have gone virtual, but they’re still effective for…

Failure to maintain the property: The owner of the property thinks that after building or buying the property he just sits and gets the monthly income from the property and this is wrong because the real estate needs a periodic maintenance and a review of the condition of the property (electricity, plumbing, sanitation, air conditioners,…