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Landlording: What Makes a Good Real Estate Investment

The foundation of my real estate investing is rooted in buy and hold investment property for the long term: otherwise, known as Landlording. While I have wholesaled & rehabbed property for short term merchandising of real estate not to mention provided hard money loans to real estate investors in Charlotte, North Carolina, it is my… Read more »

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Rinse & Repeat: 1031 and the power of rentals over time….

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 single… Read more »

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You Can’t Handle the Truth (elevators slowed down) Part II

Whew….. I think we’ve reached a point were the elevator has at least slowed it’s descent -if not come to a halt for the time being. I am seeing pockets of stability, multiple bid situations, and anxious home buyers in our local Charlotte North Carolina real estate markets.  Both real estate investors and home buyers… Read more »

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2010: My Outlook on The Year Ahead…

Suffice it to say, I’m not going to miss 2009 with regards to my business and investments…. From a family standpoint it was absolutely fantastic. Emmy hit 4 this summer swimming like a fish and Max at 7 is growing out of my concept of ‘my little boy’…. Oh, they just grow to fast. 2009… Read more »

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The Back End of a 1031 Tax Deferred Exchange: Big Blue

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 single family… Read more »