As you may know, in addition to my venture into multifamily investing, I also own single family rentals. Single families are a great way to start out in real estate investing and was, in fact, my first foray into the world of cash flow. Find out more about my story here. I had been self-managing […]
Income is so essential to multi-family investments that without it, there is no return. The primary source of income in multi-family operations is rent. In many cases there are other smaller sources of income such as storage, laundry use and other add-on luxuries. It is great to identify additional sources of income where possible. However, […]
I finally did it in 2021. I embarked on this journey in August of 2017. I charted the course: when would I get this thing done if I took one class per semester. Wonderful: May 2021. That’s an eternity from now, I thought. But what was the rush? I was moving up in my jobs […]
When it comes to multifamily operations, management of net operating income is key to creating value. Aside from optimizing income by increasing occupancy and getting to market rent levels, management of expenses is also key. Below are the three largest expenses in management of multifamily assets. Repairs/Maintenance Repairs and maintenance can be costly, especially when […]
Making Friends Online With the creation of the internet, a world of opportunity has been created for learning new topics, sharing ideas and meeting like-minded individuals. Especially when it comes to niches such as horse breeding, Mediterranean diets or multi-family real estate investing, the internet affords people opportunities that they would not have in real […]
What does it take to invest well and achieve great wealth? Talent, know-how, resources? Of course. However, my argument is that more critical to investment success is mindset. Mindset governs everything else.Mindset governs the behaviors that lead to believing bigger, deciding to invest, and maintaining discipline. Believes Bigger Any entrepreneur or wealth builder eventually comes […]
I like Robert Kiyosaki. I also like Dave Ramsey. Both want you to be successful, but share very different definitions and paths to that success. Most people need to hear Dave Ramsey’s message. It is one of discipline, getting out of debt and living life unconstrained to financial burden. To accomplish this is to live […]
The Trade-Off With Stocks For those who invest in stocks, often in choosing your alternatives you are faced between a high-growth company and a mature company. The high growth company offers much upside potential at the price of a higher Price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple, whereas the mature company has less growth potential and its P/E multiple […]