#Investing
Using Joint VA Loans to Accomplish Your Investing Goals
How To Use A Joint VA Loan? Regular VA loans are an amazing benefit for single-family homes and smaller complexes up to four units, but what if you want more units? Or what if you would like to invest with multiple people? The Joint VA loan is a great tool that you can solve both…
4 min readJumping 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 read8 Things to Do Before Talking to a Turn-Key Provider
Firstly, What is Turn-Key Investing? How to Talk to a Turn-Key Provider? Different real estate professionals will describe turn-key investments differently. We have four stipulations for turn-key providers: A property is purchased and rehabbed Tenants are in place A projected cash flow statement is prepared A team is put together (lender, escrow company, title company,…
5 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 readSyndication Strikeout
Fast Foundations Syndication Strikeout: I decided to actively pursue passive income (ironic, right?) in September 2018, when the ADPI Founding Five released the Military Real Estate Investing Academy, Rapid Deploy, and #StartTheSpark programs. As a 2011 minted Robert Kyosaki/Rich Dad Poor Dad truther, I KNEW that this was what I wanted to do, but the…
13 min readFinding Purpose in Transition from Military Service
How to Find Your Purpose? One of the most difficult times any veteran can go through is the transition back to civilian life. Speaking for myself, my transition was very much a bittersweet experience. Personally, I loved combat and outside of the military, I never felt comfortable expressing my love for war outside of my…
13 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 readControl or Speed on the Path to Financial Freedom
As a real estate investor who is just getting started, it’s easy to be consumed by the idea of financial freedom. The first deal you do is absolutely terrifying. The whole process is filled with fear, doubt, and anxiety. But, once you get proof of concept and start to receive the almighty cash flow all…
4 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…
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