Monthly Archives: November 2024

In This Article You signed up for short-term rentals (STRs) to make extra cash and get a little passive income. But fast-forward to today, and you’re practically glued to your phone, toggling between guest messages, cleaning schedules, and last-minute booking updates.  Is this really passive? Nope! Luckily, with STR automation […]

The M&A Failure Trap: Why Most Mergers and Acquisitions Fail and How the Few Succeed. 2024. Baruch Lev and Feng Gu. Wiley. At an early-1980s presentation by a leading investment bank to a business school alumni group, the bank’s CEO was confronted during the Q&A session about the high failure […]

So you want to start investing in real estate but have ZERO experience. What should you do? The good news is that even if you don’t know how to invest in real estate, you can get started relatively quickly, especially if you avoid the common rookie mistakes. To help you […]

You’re planning to move soon and are asking yourself, “Should I sell or rent my house?” What if you’ve got little-to-no cash flow potential? Is future appreciation worth betting on? Maybe you need to renovate before you sell or rent; now, the question becomes, “How to finance home renovations?” Don’t […]

In This Article Key Takeaways Although the Fed cut rates, mortgage rates remain high due to broader economic pressures and post-election uncertainties, meaning investors won’t see immediate borrowing relief. With policy changes coming under the new Trump administration, we’ll have to wait and see how those policies, specifically reduced regulations, […]

In This Article It’s hard to let go of control. Scary, even. But every time I’ve taken a calculated risk to surrender control in exchange for more freedom, I’ve made progress toward my larger life goals.  This is because you can’t have both freedom and total control. You need to […]

Asset owners have dramatically increased their allocations to private markets over the past two decades, driven largely by a mistaken belief that private debt and equity deliver returns that are orders of magnitude above those of public markets. What makes most investors believe that private capital funds are such clear […]

Yes, it’s possible to retire early, even if you’re just now diving into the FIRE movement. Early retirement could be within reach whether you’re in your twenties, thirties, forties, or fifties. Imagine having complete freedom in a decade or less: no office politics, no boss, and, best of all, no […]

Can you invest in real estate with just $75,000? And not only invest but can you find cash-flowing rentals in solid markets with long-term profit potential without spending six figures? Yes, to both. Today, we’re proving it’s more than possible because we’re finding on-market rental properties for sale that can […]