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Jumping Into Multifamily Investing
How to Get Started in Multifamily Investing? Meet John and Jessica: I met them at a local real estate investment association (REIA). John and Jessica are a young married couple that hustled their way into multifamily investing. They started by spending a considerable amount of time learning about multifamily investments. They then developed a strategy…
12 min readAirbnb Lessons
Airbnb Education There I was – thinking that my wife, Christina, and I were both active duty Marines, part-time real estate investors, and new Airbnb hosts, but apparently, we were also exterminators! Saddle up for a few lessons that I learned when we started using Air BnB to house-hack our way one step closer to…
7 min read3 Efficiencies to Save Serious Time & Cash
Building Efficiencies Why are real estate investors called investors in the first place? What’s the difference between folks like us who buy low and sell high and John Smith who buys a nice home for his family and sells for appreciation 30 years down the road? On the surface, the concept is the same. Most…
7 min readHow to Stop Sucking at Life (and Real Estate)
How to Stop Sucking at Life? Everyone Sucks Your day is finally here. You’ve made it to the Big Show. Coach taps you to close the game out in the bottom of the 9th inning with the bases loaded. The pressure is palpable as your team is only up by one run. Here’s the problem,…
8 min readWhy Multifamily Investing?
Options in Multifamily Investing There are a lot of good strategies that work well for military families. VA house-hacking is on the top of most people’s lists – and was on mine too. For some people, hacking into a few investments is enough; but many active duty members are driven with a big, burning “why”…
7 min read5 Keys to Raising Private Capital
Kevin Brenner, ADPI Hero, Capt, USAF / @investorkev Raising Private Capital : The Dadism That Got Me Off My Butt Everyone loves a blog to begin with the phrase, “My Daddy used to say, [insert cheesy life advice tagline here].” Well, strap in everyone, because this next cheesy tagline…
11 min readWhy You Need to Understand the VA’s Tidewater Initiative
What is the VA Tidewater Initiative? This is a true life, it happened to me, a precautionary tale. I want to share my Tidewater story with future home sellers as well as buyers. Tidewater is happening more often in the current market than ever before. I want more people to become aware of the possibility…
11 min readWhat Is Real Estate Wholesaling?
Real Estate Wholesaling Real estate wholesaling is simply when one party (a wholesaler/buyer) puts a property under contract with the seller, then markets the home to other potential buyers for a higher price. The Wholesaler will assign the contract to the new buyer. The wholesaler will make their profit from what is referred to as…
7 min read5 Real Estate Investing Strategies Service Members Need To Know
Real Estate Investing Strategies In the military, we lead super busy lives and are not always privileged with the time to study and learn the secrets of the most of the most successful real estate investors. This causes us to go with the status quo and think that the only way we can make major…
6 min readThe 5 Red Flags From My First Turn-Key Real Estate Investment Failure
How to Avoid Turn-key Investment Failure I learned a painful but crucial lesson from my first shot at Real Estate Investing. After I learned the basics of Real Estate Investing, I thought I was ready to jump right into a deal. I got ahold of a turn-key provider and immediately started looking at deals. The…
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