By admin,on January 16th,2011% Here we are practically half way through the 2010 year -it appears as if we are in a state of flux. We have a good half of expansionists stating ‘Doom &Gloom’ and the other half stating we’re ok,gaining traction,and will move forward in a positive manner. Let me guess -after these last . . . →Read More:An Active Real Estate Invester –Ignore The Static and Take Action By admin,on January 16th,2011% One will often here my reference to the term: “Slow the Turn”. What I’m vaguely referring to is one’s ability to slow the outflow of cash on expenses from a pure business/investment (heck -even personal lifestyle viewpoint too) perspective. As a Landlord, it is imperative that a real estate investor create an environment for their . . . →Read More:Landlording &It’s Greatest Expense:Slow the Turn! By admin,on January 15th,2011% A few years back I had called on a fellow landlord who was known for selling off properties and providing owner financing too. Now I knew he had problem tenants in a property but also knew the area was appreciating rather rapidly and it was in my main target neighborhood. I wasn’t sure how long . . . →Read More:Substitution of Collateral:It’s All About the Money By admin,on February 6th,2010% Sometimes I over simplify my thoughts on investing in real estate….. As a generalization,I have an ingrained rule of buying a rental property for $50k and selling it when it hits a valuation of $125k -with the thoughts of reinvesting the money into two more $50k properties. We are still able to purchase . . . →Read More:Rinse &Repeat:1031 and the power of rentals over time…. By admin,on January 25th,2010% No..,I’m not talking about taking a loss when selling a home or a negative cash flow situation!!! This is a form of growth that is the complete opposite from the growth of adding new rentals and/or the ability to buy more property to wholesale or rehab/resell…. I’ve exercised this mode of growth twice in . . . →Read More:Reverse Growth Mode…-A Disciplined Approach To Wealth With Rentals By admin,on January 11th,2010% As some of you may know,I’ve been a Hard Money Lender in Charlotte North Carolina. Needless to say,we were running along fairly well in our local real estate markets till Wachovia Bank imploded at the end of September,2008. Sure we were slowing down in 2007 &2008. However,our markets were still . . . →Read More:A New Year &More Challenges…. By admin,on November 30th,2009% The back end of a 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange… I call it Big Blue. She’s a 2000 square foot Pre-1920′s two story Victorian that was converted into an upstairs/downstairs duplex some 30-50 years ago. 10 foot ceilings and 5 coal fireplaces with original mantels. It would be easy to convert back into a . . . →Read More:The Back End of a 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange:Big Blue By admin,on November 29th,2009% Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 11/22/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com PAYING FOR A REAL ESTATE EDUCATION It was the Fall of 2007 when I knew we had reached the pinnacle of the real estate frenzy locally in Charlotte,North Carolina… I was at a local real estate meeting and the focus of the nights talk was . . . →Read More:PAYING FOR A REAL ESTATE EDUCATION By admin,on November 29th,2009% Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 10/11/2009 on www.askthelandlord.com A Way To Wealth With Rentals:A Tale of Landlording That Anybody Can Replicate. I remember the day like it was yesterday -February 14,1994. That was the first day of my career as a landlord in Charlotte,NC. Roughly a year earlier I had bought . . . →Read More:A Way To Wealth With Rentals:A Tale of Landlording That Anybody Can Replicate. By admin,on November 28th,2009% Originally posted by Tyler McCracken on 10/4/2009 at www.askthelandlord.com Owner Financing is Out There:A Tale of a Win/Win Arrangement &The Power of Compounding. There was a day that I was shy/scared/intimidated (or whatever you want to call it) to ask a Seller if they’d consider owner financing. After being in the business for . . . →Read More:Owner Financing is Out There:A Tale of a Win/Win Arrangement &The Power of Compounding. | A sample text widgetEtiam pulvinar consectetur dolor sed malesuada. Ut convallis euismod dolor nec pretium. Nunc ut tristique massa. Nam sodales mi vitae dolor ullamcorper et vulputate enim accumsan. Morbi orci magna,tincidunt vitae molestie nec,molestie at mi. Nulla nulla lorem,suscipit in posuere in,interdum non magna. | |
