September 3, 2007

• Real Estate Investing Is Risky!

  I was listening to an audio book while I was driving the other day, as I always do in the car if nobody’s riding along. And the author said something that caught my attention. (…)

August 30, 2007

• REITs What Are They? Why? Or Why Not?

  REIT stands for Real Estate Investment Trust. It’s pronunciation rhymes with ‘meat’. (…)

August 26, 2007

• Why Investing Is So Hard To Get Started

  I get why investing is so hard to get started for most people.
  I remember being there too. (…)

August 22, 2007

• How Does "Rich Dad" Define Cash Flow?

  Author Robert Kiyosaki, inspiration to many people, often speaks of cash flow. He says that if a property is negatively cash flowing, how many of them can you afford? (…)

August 16, 2007

• So, Will It Cash Flow?

  I can’t help people qualify for the best loan products, but I can find investments that will be very likely to cash flow! How do you find those, you may be asking yourself right now? (…)

August 11, 2007

• I Hate Insurance!

  Everyone starting in real estate investing wants simple, straight-forward answers that apply universally to real estate investing. (…)

August 6, 2007

• Real Estate Investing Is Not Safe!

  I hear many people tell me that real estate investing is not safe. And, in the wise words of Robert Kiyosaki, I usually reply ‘a car is not safe if you don’t know how to drive it’. (…)

July 31, 2007

• Don't Invest Without Proper Representation!

  I have heard of people trying to save money by looking at my investment opportunities then trying to go directly to the developer, thinking ‘Well, if she can collect a fee for referring me, then I should be able to save that amount of money just going directly to the source!’ Well, unfortunately it just doesn’t work that way. (…)

July 26, 2007

• Where Do I Get Start-Up Money?

  The next most common question I get from beginner investors is “Were do I get the money?”
  And if it were that really that simple – that universally straightforward – everyone would be doing it! (…)

July 22, 2007

• WHERE DO I START? WHERE DO I START?

  Without question, hands down, the most common subject I get in my email box and over the phone. (…)

July 17, 2007

• Alex, How Do You Get Paid?

  So I get a lot of questions in my email box from my website. (…)

July 12, 2007

• Media Doom & Gloom Can Keep You Stuck!

  Many people are mislead and mis-guided by the the news…
  Unfortunately for them, all the would-be beginner and speculative investors only hear the gloom and doom reports in the news and are absolutely certain it applies to them. (…)

July 2, 2007

• Home vs. Investment (NOT the same thing!)

  People often forget that real estate as an investment can – and should – be looked at just like any other investment. (…)

• The Real Estate Market Sucks!!!

  For sure, I hear it every day – CNN, the local paper, all the major magazines, local news – everyone talks about how ‘bad the market is’, etc. (…)

• How Much Money Do I Need To Get Started?

  I often get emails from people all over the world who want to know the answer to this question. Unfortunately again, there isn’t one universal answer. (…)