Category: Getting Started

How to Manage Your Rental Cash Flow

After you have rented out your property and can successfully cash flow, you need a…

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Uhaul Top US Growth Cities of 2023

As I dive back into the 2024 market for real estate, I wanted to start…

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When Is It Time To Raise Rents?

I have been a rental property owner since 2019. From the beginning, I committed to…

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How To Invest Most Effectively

Getting started is very difficult. You need seed money. Your budget is tight as it…

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How To Tell If Your Property Is A Good Rental

Many first-time investors struggle with obtaining that first rental. Understandably, they deal with analysis paralysis….

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Setting Great Expectations With Your Property Manager

In 2021, I got a property manager for the first time. Having self-managed for two…

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One Mistake In The Pursuit of Financial Freedom

Chasing financial freedom is not a bad thing. Freedom from debt, financial burden and generational…

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How to Leverage Property Managers in Your Real Estate Investing

Trimming Operating Expenses When you buy your first rental, you will undoubtedly try to find…

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Passive Multifamily Investor Guideline – After You Vet The Sponsor 💡

I have written numerous posts about doing your due diligence and vetting the sponsor prior…

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How To Know if A Real Estate Investment Is Overpriced

Go to any app on your phone and you can find a house or apartment…

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What Is Loan To Value (LTV) in Real Estate Investing?

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The True Goal of The Learn To Invest Blog

People that know me closely know that I write articles on real estate investing topics…

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How To Measure Your Personal Financial Wealth

Financial wealth is not everything. In fact, it should be a means to an end…

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The Characteristics of A Great Multifamily Investment

The multifamily asset class is proven to beat inflation, provide cash flow and outsized returns…

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3 Red Flags with Potential Property Managers

You may have heard, but in case you haven’t, when it comes to your real…

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4 Reasons Stocks Are No Longer My Primary Investment Strategy

Like many, my foray into investing began in college after a gaining an appreciation for…

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How To Identify and Live With Risk

The word “Risk” has become such a scary thing; in fact, we do not even…

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Why Most Working Professionals Do Not Want To Flip Homes

When we are just getting started into the world of real estate investing, we run…

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Applying Buffett’s Margin of Safety to Passive Investing in Multifamily Assets

“Price is what you pay. Vale is what you get.” – Warren Buffett We all…

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Three Ways to Increase On-Time Rent

One of the biggest fears for people getting started as rental property investors is whether…

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Cash is King Debunked

When it comes to wealth building, different people have different ideas. Some people want to…

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Buyer Beware: The Importance of Due Diligence in Multi-Family Real Estate

Multi-family investments can be very rewarding. You have the benefits of scale – both in…

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The Disadvantages of Earned Income For Wealth Builders

Most working professionals rely on one type of income, and that is from their w-2…

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Analysis Paralysis And How To Treat Its Symptoms

When it comes to investing, there are two general types of interested participants: Those who…

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What Every Passive Investor Needs To Know About Good Money Managers

As passive investors, it pays to know what to expect from a high performing private…

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