There are good opportunities for real estate properties to flip everywhere in every market. The easiest deals are cosmetic flips, where some new paint and a few fixtures can add enough value to a property to make some serious money with little investment. However, these deals can be hard to …

The common saying in our industry is, “Attract, Convert, Deliver, & Scale,” but too often real estate agents get stuck in a vicious cycle of “Attract, Convert, Deliver” and never find the time to scale. This is because they are trying to do everything themselves.

Think about it, if …

85% of real estate agents don’t have administrative support, even though 80% of a real estate agent’s job is doing low-value administrative tasks. The most important aspect of moving up in this business is learning what you can and cannot afford to delegate.

As you scale, 10% of your topline …

If we break down the jobs that a real estate agent performs, most make less than $25 an hour and many more make less than $50 an hour. If you are running business-related errands during the day -- inputting an MLS listing, putting a lockbox out at a property, or picking …

People often think of low interest rates as being a great way to save money on a home. After all, if the interest rate falls from 6% to 3%, that’s half as much interest you will be paying over the course of your loan term. However, people often forget that …

For prospective borrowers who plan to put less than 20% down on their new home, such as taking an FHA loan that only requires that you put 3.5% down, you will be required to purchase what is known as ‘mortgage insurance.’ This is essentially a monthly insurance payment …

When choosing a mortgage loan package, you always want to consider all of the loan terms offered to you. In general, they can range from 10 to 30 years, providing an array of options for borrowers no matter what their month-to-month financial situation.

While longer-term loans may seem attractive because …

The biggest mistakes self-storage investors tend to make involve a failure to properly evaluate the numbers that an existing property is doing. You need to ensure that there are no phantom leases or tenants who are late on rent in order to be confident that when you take possession of …

Self-storage differs from other asset classes insofar as it is the only kind of real estate (other than parking) where your tenants failing to pay rent allows you to both lock them out of the property without an eviction notice and sell their remaining property to make good on their …

Self-storage facilities these days are often small, mom and pop operations that have not modernized with the times. This makes value-add deals very attractive, wherein low-performing properties are bought for pennies on the dollar compared to their potential worth, and then they are spruced up to maximize rents and eventually …