How to Invest in Real Estate With No Money or Unlimited Money
by Brian Lee. (Visited 284 times) (7 comments)
February 8th, 2010 under Investing, Real Estate.
One of the greatest things about real estate investing is that anyone can do it. People think they need money or credit to become a real estate investor, but that is simply not the case.
No matter where you are financially: broke or bulging pocketbook, there is a place in the real estate investing world for you.
The Ladder
I like to think of it like a ladder. We are all want to make it out of the rat race, and each of us is on a rung on the ladder. Whether you have a lot of …
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How 15 Rent Houses Can Retire You Faster than a $1 Million 401k
by Brian Lee. (Visited 1009 times) (24 comments)
January 18th, 2010 under Investing, Real Estate.
Is $200 a month a lot of money?
How you answer this question speaks to your level of financial sophistication.
How Far Would You Go for $200?
Most people would not go very far out of their way to make an extra $200 a month. When compared to a monthly salary of $3,000 or $4,000; $200 sounds pretty insignificant.
A person might pick up an extra shift on a Saturday for a little vacation money; but the uncomfort from losing a weekend day keeps them from making a habit of it. Someone might sell an outdated computer or …
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David Fisher’s 1st Investment Property Captures $29k in Equity!
by Brian Lee. (Visited 1020 times) (2 comments)
December 18th, 2009 under Non-Fiction.
This video was fun to produce. I met David Fisher about 6 months ago when he joined Lifestyles Unlimited. He and his wife were one of my first students.
While most people are very reserved when it comes to starting out in real estate investing; David is just the opposite. He studied what we were teaching long enough to understand it and believe in it and he took decisive action.
He dove right into this single-family investment project; which had …
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How Real Estate Investor Robert Hammond Bought 74 Houses in Less Than 2 Years
by Brian Lee. (Visited 3894 times) (15 comments)
August 9th, 2009 under Non-Fiction, Real Estate.
I had the pleasure a few weeks ago of hanging out with Robert Hammond, a real estate investor who bought 74 investment properties in less than two years; accumulating $2.5 million in equity and $22,000 a month cashflow!
Everyone wants to know how the heck he did it… well, he started with around $40,000 and flipped two houses to bring that up to around $80,000. With $80k, he bought 10 houses, which is the Fannie Mae limit for single-family homes. He went to real estate …
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Real Estate Investor Case Study: Josh Allison’s 106-Unit Apartment Complex
by Brian Lee. (Visited 3225 times) (12 comments)
July 13th, 2009 under Non-Fiction, Real Estate.
Last month, I got the chance to hang out with real estate investor Josh Allison at his 106-unit apartment complex in Austin, Texas. It was pretty inspiring to see someone who just went out there and did it.
Josh started out as a multi-family property appraiser who invested in single-family rental properties on the side. When he appraised an apartment complex for Lifestyles Unlimited lead investor Trey Stone, Trey challenged Josh to buy his own.
One interesting thing about this deal is that he turned an …
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Real Estate Investor Case Study: Karen Davis’s 6th Rental Property
by Brian Lee. (Visited 3133 times) (8 comments)
May 12th, 2009 under Non-Fiction, Real Estate.
I just released my first production for Lifestyles Unlimited, the real estate investor and mentor group.
It’s a video case study of real estate investor Karen Davis and her 6th rental property. Karen is one of the mentors in the Houston office of Lifestyles Unlimited. This property will add $40,000 in equity and $300/mo. cashflow to her portfolio.
I shot, directed, and edited the piece.
Please check it out, and subscribe to the podcast.
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