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 […]
Getting a Bank Loan For a Syndication
Every day, as I delve into the process of syndication, I am greeted by more and more challenges; it’s actually somewhat overwhelming. Don’t misunderstand me, as I am confident of my capacity and intellectual worth as a real estate entrepreneur to be able to find ways to resolve or go around every obstacle in my way. I am […]
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 […]
The Problems of Syndication
What they say is that you can not teach an old dog new tricks – this is false. Just yesterday, standing at the kitchen sink I found myself telling Patrisha that I am learning at an astonishing (for me) pace. Every day I thrust the shovel into the ground, figuratively speaking, thinking that I know […]
How to Calculate ROI on Investment Property
One of the questions I am asked often is how I know if a property is a good investment. To me, the answer to this question translates into knowing exactly how to calculate ROI on investment property. The reality that folks are willing to put money under my management via syndication of real estate is […]
Today Is the Day
Last Day Friends! Several of you have taken action on CFFU following yesterday’s e-mail. Thank you indeed! Just a reminder – February 1st at 12:00 AM EST the price goes back up to $295. CLICK HERE TO BUY NOW and I hope to see speak to you soon! Ben Leybovich
Record Month for CFFU
Hello Friends! I am excited to report that JustAskBenWhy.com and the Cash Flow Freedom University are setting new records every week. Thanks to you, the traffic to the website has tripled since November. And, this month has indeed been an absolute record month for the CFFU – 13 investors signed up for my course!!! If […]
What Is Financial Statement
The world of accounting and paperwork is a dark, dark forest to me indeed, and if it weren’t for Patrisha, my incredibly organized better half, I’d be totally lost. There is, however, one piece of paper that excites me like none other, and it is the Financial Statement! When I learned what is financial statement, […]
Should I Be Syndicating Real Estate Deals
What is the second most precious commodities known to mankind? Time – right? It is second only to health, and when either is gone – they’re gone; no amount of knowledge or money will bring them back once they’re gone. Basic truths; not opening any windows to the world here I hope… Well, I know that what I’m feeling […]
The Worst Advice in Real Estate Investing
Real estate investing is a difficult field to enter. It’s not really difficult as in “hard to comprehend”, I can teach anyone what they need to know to start with in the space of three months. But rather, the difficulty is in terms of isolating the most viable among the many apparent options which are […]
How to Invest in Real Estate Safely
Most of you know that I am a featured writer on the BiggerPockets blog, which means I spend a lot of time on BiggerPockets (not a bad idea for you either). Last week I came across a comment to one of the articles by another blogger, a buddy of mine Mark Ferguson. I could not […]
I Have a Question for You
I went to see my commercial lender last week. The company account into which I deposit my rents happens to be in his bank, which by the way is not an accident. This is a bit off topic, but pay attention: Finance is a relationship business – it doesn’t hurt to have a few bucks […]
You Need 2 Plans – Trust Me!
The following is a guest post by Jimmy Moncrief of realestatefinancehq.com . As an underwriter, one of the most dangerous things you can do is to make assumptions. As they say – assumption is mother of all foul-ups. However, for this article I’m going to make two assumptions: First of all, as a fellow reader […]
What drives Success in Real Estate Investing…
I don’t know why it happens this way, but I tend to Zag when everyone else Zigs. This is not due to or for the sake of simply trying to be contrarean. Simply put – for some reason I just see things differently, which leads me to behaving differently. For example, with regards to the […]