Real Estate Investing

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Of all passive income sources that are available to the masses, real estate investing is the most powerful.

Bought correctly, real estate not only produces passive income; it rapidly builds your net worth through equity capture and growth.

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The Details on the Blue Lake Deal

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by Brian Lee on May 2, 2010 .

We caught up with our contractor, Vernon, as he worked on Glendora; walked through Blue Lake, our latest acquisition; and made a decision on another property that we had under contract.

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The Real Estate Investor Web Series Episode 2 ~ Blue Lake

21 April 2010

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The Easiest $7,500 I Ever Made

15 April 2010
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Last week I did something that I never before imagined was possible. I made more money with a few phone calls than I did in my entire first year as a blogger.

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The Six Ways Real Estate Investing Makes You Money

12 April 2010
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I’ve made several comments over the years recommending real estate investing as the most powerful form of passive income.

The reason it’s so powerful compared to other passive income sources such as stocks, blogging, or bulk candy vending is: there are six ways it makes you money.

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The Details of The Glendora Deal

9 April 2010
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Last week, I released The Real Estate Investor Web Series, a reality-style show that follows my business partner Shauwn and I as we acquire rental real estate. The episode focused on the Glendora Deal, a nice little bread and butter rental property in San Antonio. People loved the video, but they wanted to see more [...]

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How to Invest in Real Estate With No Money or Unlimited Money

8 February 2010
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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.

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How 15 Rent Houses Can Retire You Faster than a $1 Million 401k

18 January 2010
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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.

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Building a Mastermind Group for Real Estate Investing

23 March 2009
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A little over a year ago, I joined a real estate investing and mentoring group called Lifestyles Unlimited. Even though I had read a tremendous amount of literature on passive income sources including real estate, I finally realized that Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon Hill were right in “Think and Grow Rich”.

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Real Estate Strategies :: Cashflow vs. Appreciation

27 August 2007
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The two most basic real estate strategies are: 1. Appreciation – Buying property you think will appreciate in value in order to sell it for a profit. 2. Cashflow – Buying property that will rent for more than the cost of holding the property. Appreciation Strategies Appreciation strategies are the more glamorous of the two, [...]

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Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell High by Scott Frank and Andy Heller

1 August 2007
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I picked up my copy of Buy Low, Rent Smart, Sell High by Scott Frank and Andy Heller at The Real Estate Wealth Expo in New York City a few years ago. It was the biggest convention I had ever been to and it was packed with over a hundred real estate gurus pitching every [...]

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Real Estate :: The Ultimate Passive Income

28 May 2007
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You’ve read a lot on this blog about how to create passive income with little or no money, and I’ve suggested several ways to start the trickle of multiple streams of income into your pocket; but where is all of this headed? In our quest to create passive cashflow inexpensively, we’ve been forced to make [...]

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Weekend Millionaire’s Secrets to Investing in Real Estate :: review

10 January 2007
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Of all the approaches to real estate investing that I have been exposed to (books, seminars, CD’s, and networking), the one presented by Mike Summey and Roger Dawson is the one that I have adapted as my own.

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