Year: 2018

You really want to find motivated sellers for real estate investing?  What is really necessary?  The problem is that most people are looking for distressed sellers when they should really be looking for distressed properties! Despite a slew of advertisements on social media and in print, there is no easy answer for succeeding in real estate investing.  Expect to put in long hours and hard, migraine-inducing work in order to generate results.  Repeated direct…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 257: THE ADVANTAGE OF MASTER LEASE AGREEMENTS IN MULTIFAMILY INVESTING If you want to buy apartments but don’t have the money, credit or experience required, you need to listen to this podcast!  Getting started in apartment investing can be intimidating to most new investors but it doesn’t have to be.  In this podcast episode, best-selling author, educator, consultant and commercial real estate investor Peter Harris shares how a Master…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 256: ASK BILL! INVESTING WITH LEVERAGE, FLIPPING PROBLEMS & FINDING A MENTOR This is our monthly Fun Fact Friday “Ask Bill!” episode, where Bill answers specific real estate investing questions received during the month from e-mails, in-person conversations, phone calls or through online portals such as BiggerPockets.com and Quora. One of our goals here at the Old Dawg’s REI Network is to help to educate/enlighten fellow real estate investors, to share what little knowledge we…

With the real estate market being what it is these days, it may be a safer thing to fix up your house as opposed to selling it and purchasing a new one. House prices in many areas have topped off and are even come down so a homeowner will have a hard time finding the right value for their property.  Most people are turning to house renovations to enhance the price of their house…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 255: FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE FROM REI AND OTHER GREAT SIDE HUSTLES Right out of college, she landed her ideal job as a newspaper reporter.  Unfortunately, that “ideal job” ended up barely paying the bills and she eventually quit and traveled to Southeast Asia to figure out her next step. When she returned to the states, she did a little freelance writing and eventually ended up buying a triplex, renting out two units and living in the third — rent free.  Her “house hacking”…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 254: HOW TO RETIRE IN 5 YEARS Real estate investing can be the key to an early and fruitful retirement for those who are willing to put in the time and effort.  It’s especially effective if you have a full-time job, can aggressively save and ramp up quickly to build up your real estate holdings.  In this episode, Bill shares a simple formula anyone can use to build a retirement rental property portfolio…

Whatever the reason for selling, you’ll want to get the most out of the transaction.  Some simple tips can help you market and sell your home in the least amount of time, for the maximum value. 1. First, do your homework. Find out the local market conditions for your neighborhood.  Depending on your area, there may be better/worse times to sell.  Once you’ve decided to sell, there are three different levels of…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 253: OLD DAWG INVESTOR CREATES RETIREMENT ATM MACHINE IN JUST 2 1/2 YEARS It started with a simple lakeside future retirement home purchase that leveraged into a real estate portfolio that today generates $10K in monthly cash flow — in just two and a half years.  In this episode, Old Dawg real estate investor and telecommunications architect/director Jack Poole shares how he and his wife Judi leveraged their future retirement home into a vacation rental, that…

SHOW NOTES FOR EPISODE 252: RUNNING OUT OF MONEY – PART 1 If you’re planning on living off the rental income from your investment properties during your retirement years, the biggest fear is usually running out of money.  However, buying right, managing your money right and buying for the long run can help insure that your cash flow stream never runs dry.  In this episode, Bill discusses tactics and practical strategies you can…

Real estate investing is increasing at a staggering rate these days.  More and more individuals are learning that real estate investments can offer wonderful earning potential.  Real estate investing is a process which has many attractive qualities that make it a viable money-producing opportunity.  There are a number of benefits that go along with purchasing real estate investments and the following paragraphs will highlight some of these benefits.  As you will see…