The Real Estate Debate

Hey guys! Here are for the first week of our Real Estate Investing Series. This week is Investment basics, we will be discussing the basics of real estate investing. The most basic idea in any investment is to "buy low and sell high". We will talk more about that in subsequent weeks but for now we will cover the basic strategies, basic terms to give you a better understanding. There are a couple of investment strategies that people hear commonly. One is "Buy and Hold" and it's pretty self explanatory. That strategy is to buy a property and to hold that property. There are 2 ways to hold property, you can hold it to "cash flow" every month or hold it until the property increases in value to a point above the acquisition cost(what was paid for the property). So here you have 1 strategy with 2 different approaches. The other strategy is the "Fix and Flip" or "Flipping" which is purchasing a property that needs repair, making the repa...

Most people have heard about how investing in Real Estate is a great way to build wealth. Although that statement is true, it's not always communicated well. As a result people have invested in Real Estate expecting to strike it rich only to fail miserably. Real Estate investing is the reason you have the term "Old Money". You won't have old money with a Stock portfolio because Stocks are to volatile and prices rise and fall to quickly. Real Estate does not rise and fall so quickly and it can be passed from one generation to the next. Stocks can also be passed but the with the volatility of the Stock market it's likely that value could be greatly affected. So I will begin teaching courses on investing in Real Estate. Different investment strategies, different types of properties to Invest in, how to determine if a property is a good investment, how to analyze the numbers and what story do they tell. Follow my blog because I will cover a different topic each wee...

As many of you know when the weather gets cold people don't go out as much. As a result there is a ripple effect in the economy, it's felt in the retail industry, it's felt in the entertainment industry and many other industry's that are consumer based. The real estate market is no different, during the Winter months homes sales typically slow down causing homes prices to hold steady or even come down a bit during the Winter months because there aren't as many buyers in the market. So as a buyer the Winter months could represent the prime time to find a great opportunity on a home with potentially less competition. So I recommend buyers that are looking for a home to brave the bad weather and go home shopping because there are often times great opportunities available. The Winter season can also mean great opportunities for Sellers also, because there aren't as many buyers in the market many Seller's elect not to put their homes on the market until after ...