Category: Mindset

This Is The Key Ingredient In Your Investment Recipe

Yes, some people have gotten wealthy overnight and these possibilities create jealousy over the luck of the very few. But their gamble should not and could not be duplicated and put into an instruction book. In fact, the mindset behind these rash endeavors for wealth is often unhealthy. Instead, as with most things in life, […]


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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 every way to cut expenses, and you should explore options. One place to give second thought to ignoring is the value of a property manager. Property managers find qualified tenants, secure the lease, collect rent, manage maintenance and legal and […]


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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 and not the end itself. Unfortunately, many people make it their end, and, even worse, do not know how to measure whether they are winning in their wealth-building journey or not. Rather than be like them, I encourage you to […]


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Two Types of Problems for The Middle Class

As the American middle class, we most likely can look around our lives and we see that we have been adorned with immense blessings. A house, two nice cars, healthy, literate children…we are insanely wealthy when we compare our lives to those in most other countries. Yet, we know that we have our own sets […]


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Cash is King Debunked

When it comes to wealth building, different people have different ideas. Some people want to save as much cash as possible and obsess at the dollars in their savings accounts as a metric of safety, Understandable, sensible and somewhat useful, beyond having what is necessary for emergencies and even extra margin, savings in cash is […]


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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 job, which we refer to as earned income. There is nothing wrong with this and earned income can pay very well for working professionals. However, true, lasting legacy wealth will not be built on earned income and a 401k alone. […]


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What Everyone Should Consider Before Passively Investing in Multifamily

Passive investors have much to consider when evaluating the multifamily investment opportunity. Among knowing and trusting the sponsor and ensuring alignment of interest, there is one more basic piece that everyone should consider and understand prior to making their passive investment. That is understanding the suitability of the investment towards your needs. You see, there […]


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The Dangers of Mediocrity in Our Financial Perspective

In this lifetime, most of us are well-meaning; we want good for ourselves and others by our actions. Unfortunately, that is not enough for a purposeful life. Without goals and planning we can easily miss the mark to where we someday want to be. Each day is a moment to put a point on the […]


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The Importance of Alignment Of Interests When Passively Investing in Apartments

Apartment investing is a great way for working professionals to diversify, beat inflation and grow wealth. It is not as difficult to get into this realm or as exclusive as many like to think. (See ‘Do I have to be Accredited to Invest in Real Estate). What it does take is mindset, education and good […]


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Becoming a Professional Passive Investor

Many people think that to become a real estate investor, you have to quit your job, find deals, work with lenders, do your own rehabs, and so on. Sure, that is the path for many successful real estate investors, but not all. We most attribute real estate investing to an active involvement, but there are […]


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How To Adopt Alternative Investment Strategies

Most people are aware of the basic investment classes, Stocks, Bonds, 401k, Mutual Funds, etc. We consider those to be traditional investments. 401k’s and IRA’s allow working professionals to use their retirement to invest in these asset classes. What most people do not understand is the menu of expanded alternatives to these traditional investments, and […]


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How To Build A Support System For Your Entrepreneurial and Investing Journey

As a working professional and family person with many other responsibilities, you cannot commit to the unconventional path of real estate investing with any sort of sustainment by doing it alone. Without fuel from a support system, you will quickly burn out, change course or, at minimum, lose momentum. What is a support system? A […]


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Selling Options for Passive Income (July 2022)

In our latest video release, I share my stock option picks for monthly passive income in July. This month, I will have achieved my highest monthly income from selling options since I started three months ago. I discuss my picks, Amazon and Rivian and my rationale for why I to sell the options that I […]


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Real Life Bubbles – Cryptocurrency and Voyager

In our latest video release, I share the shocking update of the Voyager bankruptcy and the cryptocurrency bubble that led to it. I also warn investors to, prior to transferring funds to a brokerage, make sure they look for these clues that they are working with a reputable brokerage company. Summary 1️⃣ The excitement in […]


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The Advantage of Mentors In Your Real Estate Investing Career

As a busy professional, we know the importance of time. It took quite a bit of time for us to learn our craft and get where we currently reside in our careers. Today, we spend quite a bit of time on our professions and what is left is devoted to our families and refreshing activities. […]


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Why Should I Consider Apartment Syndications?

If you are new to apartment syndications, I recommend you check out What Is Multi-Family Syndication, which should be a helpful resource and introduction into how this niche works and how many have become financially free by investing in apartments. Now that you are somewhat familiar with how it works, why would any working professional […]


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The Power of Compounding Over Time

In our latest video, I discuss compounding and how powerful it is on your returns when you both reinvest your income and allow for time for your investment to grow. Short Summary 1️⃣ We explore what happens to your $50,000 investment after 10 years if you reinvest your 8% annual return. 2️⃣ Reinvest and Think […]


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The Critical Difference Between Investment and Speculation

Unfortunately, when it comes to the subject of investing, much behavior demonstrates a lack of differentiation between investment and speculation. Investing Investing, at its core, describes the concept of buying an income-producing asset. In exchange for your cash, you now have an asset that pays you. Examples include dividend-paying stocks, cash-flowing real estate, or note […]


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Two Very Different Choices You Can Make With $100,000

I once read that the average person will experience a financial windfall at some point in their lifetime, and I believe it. Although you may not have this type of money today, it certainly is a good exercise to think about what you would do with it for two reasons: 1) It will help you […]


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3 Important Characteristics of Successful Investors

It pays to model what the greatest do, and it is no different when it comes to investing. Some of the greatest icons in investing, people like Sam Zell and Warren Buffett, certainly unique qualities and talents, but I would argue that what is most effective in their success were qualities that they chose to […]


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How To Overcome The Fear of Risk

Today, on the video channel, I discuss how to creat habits that allow us to overcome our inherent and paralyzing fear of risk. SHORT SUMMARY: 1️⃣ Most of us see risk as a bad thing, but it is simply something to be managed. 2️⃣ Without even realizing it, we deal with risk in most of […]


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