Strategy 1 – Wall Street Wall Street investors hope to buy low and sell high to generate a capital gain. They believe investing in a well-diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds will enable them to retire and live off their nest eggs. Unfortunately, this…
In my opinion, real estate is the best way to grow wealth. If you want to invest in what the rich do, get involved in real estate — but I'm not talking about just any real estate. Real estate has…
Written by Bendix Anderson Cap rates on self-storage transactions averaged 6.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2017, down from 6.5 percent the year before, according to RCA. Institutions continue to invest in self-storage assets, paying high prices for properties and…
Written by David Thompson Real Estate Market Cycles: What are they and how do they work? Have you ever met someone in the real estate investment business that just seems to have the ‘gift’? They never seem to miss a…
Real Estate Tax Shelters As Benjamin Franklin so accurately said, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Death is not something enjoyable to talk about. So let’s focus on taxes, and more importantly,…
In my continuing efforts to identify some of the most alluring alternative real estate investment asset classes, mobile home parks continue to be near the top. I like multi-family value add apartment investing as a core holding and self- storage…
A term by term guide to understanding the fundamentals of apartment syndication. The world of apartment syndication is one of much depth. With an extensive list of involved parties, including the general partner, limited partner(s), investors, property management group, broker,…
This blog was written by Jeremy Roll, a professional real estate investor who serves as an advisor to RealtyMogul.com. Jeremy has been an active real estate and business investor for over 15 years who left the corporate world in 2007 to…
Written By Equity Trust REAL ESTATE IRA RULES 1) Your IRA Cannot Purchase Property Owned by You or a Disqualified Person. One of the most common questions about real estate IRAs is: “Can my IRA purchase a property that I…
Written By David Thompson Multifamily apartment investing comes with some attractive tax efficiencies. I explain these to investors, so they get a general understanding of the key deductions that an operator of an apartment can take advantage of to reduce…