In this article I remember being a new investor and often wondering if I was saving my money the “right way.” I’m not sure if I even knew there was a right way or what that meant. At the time, I...

In this article Making the move before the market does is the ultimate sign of an investor plugged into their environment. Being able to go against the consensus of “logical” thinking is a difficult task, but soon after, when the market...

In this article It’s fun to think about: What would you do with $1 million to spend in real estate if a money fairy magically handed over a sack of cash?  We posed this question to three experienced investors who invest in different markets...

In this article With sky-high property prices, mortgage rates the highest they’ve been in decades, and a good deal of economic uncertainty, the housing market seemed poised for a correction in 2023. But that hasn’t happened. Instead, property prices have remained flat for...

In this article If your cell phone is like mine, it wants to update itself seemingly every other week. And if the notifications are to be believed, it is critically important to your well-being that it be updated immediately. Or it’s...

In this article They say military generals spend too much time preparing for the last war rather than the next one. I fear the same goes for real estate investors.  For the last 18 months, investors and pundits alike have hyperfocused on...

In this article Is the BiggerPockets’ community obsession with getting a “great deal” justified? My thesis is simple: No. I would argue that getting a great deal has essentially no impact (namely, less than 5%) in the context of a long-term investment...

In this article We all know that one person who bought a property for a price that seems unfathomably cheap by today’s standards, such as $50,000, and it’s now worth $350,000. It’s crazy to think that just 50 years ago, median...

In this article I recently got an unexpected lunch invitation. The most successful real estate developer I know made a beeline for me in the church lobby. He requested lunch as soon as possible.  We met for lunch the next day. We...

In this article Hearing pundits talk about real estate over the last year, you’d think the sky had fallen several times over.  Don’t get me wrong. The real estate sector has seen its share of challenges over the last year. Home prices...