Education

How often should you be visiting your multi-family building? What should you be looking at during your visits? Much of this depends on the location of the building compared to where you live and if you are self-managing or have a third-party property manager. We use a third party property manager who visits the property […]

By Calum Ross Having personally funded over 5,000 mortgages (over $1.7 billion worth) over my career, I have seen lots of very happy couples, but I also have over 200 separation agreements on file. As a result, dozens of couples have quite literally ruined their finances by squabbling over trivial matters that resulted in both […]

By Randy Dyck If you are a music buff, especially of 80’s music, you will remember the English band Culture Club. The lead singer, Boy George, had an interesting sound. Together with his band, they cranked out many top 40 hits, including the song “Do You Really Want Hurt Me” that went to #1 on […]

By Brian Pulis Many new real estate investors are surprised to learn that there is more to industry success than simply having a strong understanding of the real estate marketplace. Naturally, you should also have substantial knowledge regarding legal processes like the California statute of limitations on real estate transactions. The principles that are important […]

By Ben Myers I am often asked what is going to happen with home prices… Such a loaded question! I don t have a crystal ball, but there are numbers that I typically focus on to get a sense of where resale prices are trending: resale transactions, resale listings, days on market, sales-to-listings ratio, future […]

By George Dube Real estate investors and business owners tend to be more proactive than others in estate planning. I’ve seen many business people over the years avoid the idea of estate and succession planning because they view them as issues of death and disability. Instead, I would argue that estate and succession planning are […]

By Darren Richards From Barry McGuire’s article about Agreements for Sale, to Russell Westcott’s article on strategies for drumming up money (that actually touched on the subject of Joint Ventures), there are lots of great ways to pursue your goals with respect to real estate related investing. And, as Russell pointed out, a Joint Venture […]