Overcome the Fear of Real Estate Investing

Real estate has a tendency to scare many away from a great investment opportunity, with financial fears taking control of beginners decisions to even start the process. There are pros and cons to investing, however if you consider the overall investment it can be well...

Thou Shalt Use Shelters to Protect Wealth

As children, we’re taught that a human only needs three things to survive—food, water, and shelter. And while real estate offers a physical shelter (which is one of the reasons it is so great—people will always need shelter) what we’re talking about here is real...

The Dead Broke Real Estate Investor

Everybody knows that a headline’s job is to get you to read the rest of the article, right? So we hope you’re not too offended if we backtrack slightly and say that, in reality, if you truly are dead broke then real estate investing might not ought to be your primary...

“Big Kid” Returns Go To Direct Investors

When most people think about investments, their minds immediately drift to vehicles such as mutual funds, hedge funds, bond funds, REIT’s, and other methods of pooled investments that are either managed or pegged against an index. Many noted academics such as Burton...

The Foreclosure Outlook: Mostly Cloudy

Tis the season for … mixed news on the foreclosure front, with implications for new investors planning to launch a career in income property investment in the New Year. Since the housing meltdown of 2008, foreclosures have been a staple of the housing market, offering...