I am a Fundamental Investor – someone who acquires assets to hold and use for a long period of time. Not to be confused with trading, which involves buying assets, improving them quickly, and selling them for a quick profit, which is typically referred to in real estate investing as fix and flip. There are […]
How to Get Sellers to Say YES
How to get sellers to say yes – this is one of the most commonly discussed topics in the Real Estate Investing blogosphere. And indeed for a good reason, seeing as without a “yes” there is never a deal, which is the whole point. The subject, as you can imagine is a loaded one, since […]
How to Invest in Real Estate Intelligently
Everyone has learned how to invest in real estate…I haven’t seen this since 2,000s – and we know how that ended. When I start seeing articles from well regarded analytic firm reporting that the real estate market “has finally recovered“, and seeing grandmas and grandpas pulling some money out from under the pillow and put it […]
Automation – Is it a Good thing?
AUTOMATION Automation within a business is one of those topics everyone loves to talk about. Indeed – productivity drives results, and automation can significantly impact productivity in a positive way. A friend of mine, Mike Simmons of JustStartRealEstate.com asked me for a few thoughts on the subject. This is a rather short audio guys. Take a […]
Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
All concepts within Real Estate Investing can be broken down into objective and subjective; I’ve written about this extensively on many occasions. The objective side of things all about math; you put the numbers on in the spreadsheet, and the deal either works or it doesn’t. The subjective elements are more difficult because these are […]
Excited to Announce My Latest eBook – Is This a Deal?
Real Estate opened doors of opportunity for me, and I am passionate about helping my readers find their way in real estate! In 2012, I created a set of educational materials for real estate entrepreneurs called Cash Flow Freedom University, which focuses on Creative Finance – the ability to buy property without money. And in […]
How Much Do I Pay for Apartments?
The multi-family market is upside down at the moment. Everyone in America and abroad is so afraid of the inflation that has began to take hold, that folks are willing to chase yield into oblivion and pay absurd money for apartment buildings – much too much, if you ask me. These crowds of investors chasing yields have been […]
How to Build a House (the J Scott Way)
When it comes to internet marketing, there are some underlying fundamentals which are based on solid research and are equally applicable to all types of content. I am no wunderkind when it comes to this stuff, but one of these fundamentals is apparent even to me. It goes something like this – all content delivered […]
How to Build a Shed
I am going to start out by saying something a bit controversial. I know, big surprise – it’s not like a have a reputation for controversy or anything… Here it is: I believe that in Real Estate investing knowing how to do things is much more important than being able to actually do them! Now, […]
Busy Man’s Guide to Property Management
I have been rather outspoken regarding my dislike of outsourced property management. My basic rationale for a long time has been that no one will ever care about my investment as much as I do, and that one of the advantages of real estate as an investment vehicle is precisely the notion that you can […]
Rental Property Management – Choosing Right Company for Syndicate
I’ve never used a rental property management company. In fact, I’ve been rather outspoken here and everywhere about my belief that if there is a reason we choose to put our money in real estate as opposed to traditional investment vehicles, it is precisely because we believe that can do it without managers or brokers, […]
Real Estate Podcast – Another Quality Interview
About 4 months ago, or so, I was interviewed by a guy named Mike Simmons. Mike is a Real Estate Investor in Michigan and at that time he had started a brand new real estate podcast called JustStartRealEstate. This show was number four on his podcast, one of the first, but it turns out that it […]
A Unique Conversation with Josh, Brandon, and Ben
Most of you guys know that I am a big time connoisseur of the BiggerPockets.com. In fact, it is highly likely that a lot of you found JustAskBenWhy.com through my profile on BP. Yes indeed – I am a weekly contributor to the BIggerPockets blog and contribute to this incredible community regularly. Today, I am […]
How to Get 29 Rent Checks Out of 28 Units (Case Study)
There is an old Russian proverb which goes something like this: God protects those who protect themselves. Most things in life are outside of our control. I may exercise as much as I want, but I can hardly change my genetic make-up. I can buy organic label produce, but so long as I was not […]
Why You Shouldn’t Buy Houses for $30,000
Are you new to the sport of Real Estate Investing? Are you confused about the title of this article? Pay close attention – I am going to save you a lot of heartache in this article! You don’t know what you don’t know – and realizing this is the difference between success and failure in […]