Commercial Real Estate Investment Articles

I’m glad to have the opportunity to share my latest investment in hopes of inspiring anyone in need of a nudge or offering some valuable information. I recently just closed on an under-performing and value-added commercial real estate opportunity – a self-storage property in Kern County, CA.

When it comes to investing for retirement, which asset class comes to your mind first? Stock, bond, or mutual fund! Isn’t that right?

In real estate investing, people constantly are looking for reasons why something won’t work. The good news is: Wholesaling — buying low and selling high — works. Wholesaling works in my market, your market, and every other market.

Working in real estate or any other business can be like working on a computer and not backing up your files. With computers, as they say, it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when your computer fails, and you lose all of your valuable, irreplaceable files in the process.

Are you a real estate investor, or perhaps, you plan to get into real estate investing? If that’s the case, real estate is probably your preferred investment option for your retirement fund and why not? You already understand real estate investing, trends in your target market, and you enjoy more control over your investments.

Recent posts on the Real Estate Investing Forum have asked about taking over the seller’s payments and not being able to find any houses with equity.

So you just attended a great 3-day seminar on investing in real estate. The speaker was knowledgeable, informative, and motivating. You aren’t very happy with your current job, and you want to make a major change in your life.

Nationally, home prices have consistently risen over almost the past six years. According to a study completed by CoreLogic (a leading provider of real estate information), home prices rose 6.7% across the U.S. between June 2016 and June 2017.

$300 billion. That’s the figure experts project will be the value of the real estate crowdfunding industry by 2025 – an industry that’s only been in its current form for five years. The JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act, signed into law in 2012 by former President Obama, eased federal regulations and allowed firms to openly market private investments to the public, making it possible for multiple individuals to become investors in professional-grade real estate.

Inflation is a hidden form of taxation. Inflation has severely damaged the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar since as far back as 1913 when the Federal Reserve was founded after the passage of the Federal Reserve Act by legislators in Washington D.C.

We’ve seen the tremendous growth of the “securitization of mortgage debt” over the past few decades.

If you’re a real estate investor, the words of Warren Buffett will make a lot of sense. We reap best rewards with long-term investments. However, when it comes to retirement, we often forget the benefits of long-term investing.

I want to ask you two questions: 1. Do you have a Will? And 2. Do you have written goals for the next one, three, five, and ten years?

Media reports and some experts suggest that the real estate industry is again becoming a bubble that may burst. But how true is this? Let’s look at the facts…

You know the old saying, Behind every great leader is a great team… Well, it’s true. Ask the world’s most successful business people – including real estate investors – for their secrets and there’s a huge chance that all of them will list “the right team” as one of the biggest factors to their success.

When it comes to retail investors, there are two distinct classes as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): Non-accredited and accredited. Accredited investors, roughly speaking, represent the proverbial top one percent; they have a net worth, not including their primary residence, of at least $1 million and/or make a minimum of $250,000 per year (or $350,000 per year as a married couple). Non-accredited investors are everyone else.

Being real estate investors, none of us could deny what Mark Twain said here. Whether you’re just starting with real estate investing or have a long track record, you always want certain things to work in your favor. For starters, a day with 28 hours and easy access to credit!

Hello Jeanne and CRE Online, Its been a while since my last letter. Honestly, a bad divorce in 2010 just took away the motivation to make money. True story.

Hello again, Jeanne. This is Lynda Hamid from Texas who wrote a Success Story in 2012. [A Real Estate Success Story? You Decide…] Well, I am writing now to tell everyone that my real estate success continues to this day, as I put my “exit strategy” into motion.

Buying and selling real estate can take a great deal of time and money. And since time is possibly the most valuable commodity of them all, I’ve compiled a list of some affordable strategies to find (and sell) properties.

If you’re like most real estate investors, you probably own more than one property. Or, maybe you’ve gotten your start with your first investment and you’re ready to expand.

It can be overwhelming for new investors to choose their first investing strategy. The gurus love to push their latest courses and training programs. They tell investors they must learn all about: • Subject to deals • Wholesaling • Seller financing • Self-directed IRAs • Private lending • Fix and flips • Motivated sellers • Cash buyers • Lease options • Real estate notes • Being a landlord, etc, etc. What if you could quickly create your own personal investing plan, so that you have a crystal clear focus on what you need to do right now rather than getting caught up in the endless supply of strategies. I have some great news for you. I will help you create your own personal plan today by focusing in on some key questions that will be easy for you to answer. Your responses will become your pathway to your personal investing plan.

From high above the Wapiti Valley… It’s a crisp 43 degrees outside the log cabin this morning. Perfect jeans and flannel shirt weather. The Border Collie coils near the fire and the coffee mug sloshes from my last slurp.

If you’re an aspiring real estate investor, you may feel like you lack the capital, connections, and overall “know-how” to get started.

The biggest myth is that there are no deals in today’s hot market. Well, my friend, they’ve “moved the cheese,” so it’s time to look elsewhere…