EPISODE SUMMARY Living a meaningful life, doing whatever we love and leaving something behind specially for our loved ones are […]
#077: Tips On How to Have A Flexible Retirement Plan
EPISODE SUMMARY Planning to retire in the next 20 years? or NOT planning to retire at all? When it comes to living […]
#076: LLCs: Protect Your Business & Personal Assets
Don’t wait until you’re facing a lawsuit and it’s too late to protect all of your assets. Set up an LLC today, and separate your business properties from your personal property. Jim Burch from Easy Legal Planning answers all of your LLC questions and dispels common misconceptions that could land you in legal hot water.
#075: Beat Out the iBuyers
In this business, real estate investors notoriously don’t like Realtors, and Realtors don’t like real estate investors. Chris Craddock, on the other hand, has bridged the gap between the two and found a way for everybody to make money. At around 200 deals a year, he makes the real estate pivot look good.
#074: The 4 Returns of Real Estate
I have an agenda, and I’m not shy about it. Real estate is pretty darn good as an investment tool. For that matter, so is oil and gas, and even stocks; but you have to understand how these all play together in your portfolio. Because we love real estate, Heather and I share the many, many advantages of including this in your retirement portfolio.
#073: Real Estate Lightning Round
Taking listener questions today, I answer your most burning queries. How do you keep track of rental income? When should you buy more properties, and when should you hold off and wait? Heather and I weigh when you should use leverage over cash, and how that answer might change for some of you. It was a lot of fun answering the questions that have been on your mind lately.
#072: Rent Collections and a COVID-19 Market Update
Focusing on national trends means you’ll miss the data from your own backyard. Heather Marchant and I talk about the difference between the national rent collection trend touted in the news with our own personal experience. Real estate, like rent collection, is all about the local trends, and we prove that to you today.
#071: Finding Your Company’s Core Values
“Sometimes we play hard when we should be working hard”, says Michael Scott. Setting out to purposefully create a work culture means thinking carefully about the values your company has. But this isn’t a top-down decision. I discuss with Heather Marchant about the process our company went through to settle on our core values; a process that literally saved our business. And guess what? I didn’t get any input until the very end.
#070: Correspondent Lenders Stand Apart From the Mortgage Broker Crowd
Looking for a mortgage broker by searching for the cheapest rate is not the best way to sift through your choices. Joe McBreen from Cross Country Mortgage knows how to figure out the best loan product for your investment situation. Having survived the last recession, his inside perspective on the mortgage industry will help you understand how a correspondent lender can help real estate investors in a way that other brokers cannot.
#069: Is Real Estate the Tortoise or the Hare?
Will a slow and steady investment really beat out real estate? Heather and I take on the question of the stock market versus the real estate market as a client challenges Heather on how poorly he thinks the real estate market is doing right now.