As we wind down 2008 and get ready for 2009, are you making plans for a better future or are you curled up on your couch hiding under a blanket waiting for the storm to pass?? While you’re contemplating the answer here’s a short list of my favourite blog posts/articles of 2008.
Of course, this is [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 31, 2008
Top 8 Real Estate Articles of 2008
December 26, 2008
Real Estate Myths
Think you should buy the ugly house on a good street? Or, perhaps, you think that real estate always goes up in value if you wait long enough… Or, maybe you believe the real estate investing guru’s when they say you don’t need any money to invest in real estate?
In my latest guest post, I [...]
December 22, 2008
Five Secrets to Successful Real Estate Partnerships
One of the big secrets to our success has been getting good partners to invest in real estate with us. We have bought many properties without partners, but we’ve also found that many deals are much easier to do when you have a little bit more money for a downpayment and another person’s income to [...]
December 18, 2008
Real Estate Financing Definitions Every Investor Should Know
In our Rev N You with Real Estate newsletters, the last two weeks have been dedicated to the money you need for real estate investing. I talked about how to invest in real estate with no money and how to finance your real estate investments.
I covered a lot of detail in those articles. So much [...]
December 17, 2008
How to Time the Market with Real Estate Investing
Everyone always asks Dave and I if now is a good time to invest in real estate. Today, I am pleased to present an answer to that question in my guest post over at Patrick Riddle’s great blog Must Know Investing: What Every Real Estate Investor Should Know About Timing the Market.
Thanks to Patrick [...]
December 15, 2008
More on Stocks vs. Real Estate for Investing
Last week Julie had an article published on the blog My Wife Quit Her Job called “Why Real Estate Made Me a Millionaire and Investing in Stocks Didn’t.”
The article sparked some interesting conversations between us and our friends. The interesting thing that came out of those conversations is that most of our friends think real [...]
December 11, 2008
About Your Real Estate Investing Power Team
I am not going to say that having a good lawyer, property inspector, realtor, mortgage broker and accountant on your side doesn’t matter. It does.
But, if you haven’t bought a property yet and you are hung up on building your power team, I think you are focused on the wrong thing.
I’m locked up in my [...]
December 8, 2008
Guest Post at My Wife Quit Her Job
Dave and I have always felt that real estate was a better way to grow our wealth than stocks.
It’s not to say that stocks won’t make you rich – we’ve all heard of a guy named Warren Buffet! But, it’s to say that we see so many advantages to real estate. And it’s not just [...]
December 7, 2008
Doing No Money Down Real Estate Investments
I just finished up a big long article for our Rev N You with Real Estate Newsletter subscribers…and this is such a huge and important point for all potential real estate investors to understand that I thought it’s worth repeating (in summary).
Let me cut to the chase and say that there are only three sources [...]
