real estate investing

You might have seen the “no money down” real estate deals. But, what if your issue is “no time”? Learn how investing in a Real Estate Investment Trust can be a simple way to real estate wealth.

On Saturday I start a brand new seminar. Most of my seminars are about tax strategies. This one is part tax and part about creating passive income.

And, for once in my life, I’m not highlighting real estate as the best strategy for everyone. This isn’t going to be a post about why real estate is a bad investment or why anyone who invests in it is a loser. Real estate investing works, but it’s not the only game in town and I think we’ve lost sight of that.

You might have seen the “no money down” real estate deals. But, what if your issue is “no time”? Learn how investing in a Real Estate Investment Trust can be a simple way to real estate wealth.

You might have seen the “no money down” real estate deals. But, what if your issue is “no time”? Learn how investing in a Real Estate Investment Trust can be a simple way to real estate wealth.

I’ve advised thousands of clients to hold their property in an LLC for asset protection. Learn why I’ve now changed my mind and why you must ACT NOW to protect your ability to refinance in the future.

In this week’s Online Workshop I finish up the discussion I started last week about the recent change in internal lending guidelines issued by Freddie Mac. These new changes are making holding real estate in a protected business structure far less appealing than before. But I don’t believe the answer is to go “bare” and hold title in your name, either. That paints a huge target on your back … not to mention putting all that you’re working for at risk.

Join me for the final segment of my brand-new 3-part online workshop to discover what I’m doing (and suggesting for my clients).

I’ve advised thousands of clients to hold their property in an LLC for asset protection. Learn why I’ve now changed my mind and why you must ACT NOW to protect your ability to refinance in the future.

In this week’s Online Workshop I’m continuing the discussion I started last week about the recent change in internal lending guidelines issued by Freddie Mac. These new changes are making holding real estate in a protected business structure far less appealing than before. But I don’t believe the answer is to go “bare” and hold title in your name, either. That paints a huge target on your back … not to mention putting all that you’re working for at risk.

Join me in the second of three brand-new online workshops to discover what I’m doing (and suggesting for my clients).

I’ve advised thousands of clients to hold their property in an LLC for asset protection. Learn why I’ve now changed my mind and why you must ACT NOW to protect your ability to refinance in the future.

In this week’s Online Workshop I’m talking about the recent change in internal lending guidelines issued by Freddie Mac (and anticipated to be followed by Fannie Mae). These new changes making holding real estate far less appealing than before. Yet, I don’t believe that going “bare” and having no asset protection is the answer either. So is there an answer? You bet! Join me in a brand new, 3-part online workshop to discover what I’m doing (and suggesting for my clients).

Have you ever sat in a diner or other restaurant and overheard someone eat an entire meal while talking on the phone? That happened to me and my husband this morning. He was on the phone when we arrived, he was one the phone when his meal arrived, he was on the phone throughout the meal, and he was on the phone when he went into the men’s room afterwards.

We didn’t really want to eavesdrop, but he was pretty loud, and we couldn’t really avoid overhearing him. What was interesting was the topic of conversation, which revolved around bank-owned homes, and foreclosure investing in general. Living in Nevada, which is a real hot spot in the foreclosure market, we have a lot to choose from. Reno’s nowhere near as bad as the Vegas area, but even here in our much smaller town we’ve got something like 2600 homes to choose from.

More than a dozen states have now enacted laws restricting what you can say to homeowners who have homes somewhere in the foreclosure procedure. If you don’t follow the strict requirements, you are looking at large penalties and even jail time.

I’m concerned because I see so many people now promoting foreclosure seminars with “make millions in your spare time” promises. Without a doubt, there is a lot of money waiting to be made in the foreclosure market, but it needs to be done legally or you risk everything you already have. At a minimum, there are five minimum requirements that you should follow if you’re buying foreclosure properties.

Intelligent Investment — or Illegal Activity?

I had a Tax Strategy appointment with a new client this past week that was just in time! He and a handful of other partners were about to buy a large commercial property with an LLC they all owned. He said his exit strategy was to eventually sell and then do a like-kind exchange into another property. It’s a good thing that we talked when we did, because he was about to make a mistake that would have cost him the ability to ultimately do the like-kind exchange that he planned.

Can you spot what the mistake was?