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Real estate investments are often referred to as one way the wealthy stay that way. Why is this?   While you may have read about tax benefits, passive income, and how real estate investments are separate from wall street, there’s a twist for high-income earning families.    High incomes typically come with high tax liabilities,…

Are there questions you’ve always wanted to ask about the other investors in a real estate syndication?   A real estate syndication is a group investment, yet it can feel like a lonely process at times. For security and privacy reasons, you may never meet or even know the names of the other investors, even though you’re…

Each real estate syndication goes through a progression of stages with a clear beginning, middle, and end, which ensures individual investors operate as one, according to a clear business plan. Think back to elementary school. Do you remember the 5 paragraph essay structure from elementary school? Having guidelines to introduce a central idea, provide 3 supportive…

Investor Webinars: What They Are, When They Take Place, And What to Ask   Choosing a singular real estate syndication deal out of the bouquet of investment opportunities at your fingertips is no small feat. Attending an investor webinar during your evaluation process can be one of the smartest moves on your part, giving you…

Have you ever met a new mom? She likely has stashed packages of baby wipes everywhere. In her purse, the diaper bag, multiple places in the baby’s room, in the master bedroom, in the car… it’s likely that anywhere she and the baby might be, a stash of baby wipes is near.   The purpose,…

The order in which distributions are paid in a real estate syndication investment is called the capital stack, and your clarity on this concept is critical because you need to know where you fall in order of priority for returns. If you invest at a Class B level and Preferred, Class A investors receive distributions…

High-Level Concepts To Fuel Your Wealth-Building Strategy I know I’m not alone when I share that I came from a working middle-class family with parents who, unfortunately, had no personal finance knowledge beyond getting an education, finding a steady salaried job, and saving any pocket change possible into a small savings account.   School didn’t…

One question that comes up most often is, which investment provides a better return? People want to know if investing in real estate properties is more lucrative or if real estate syndications are truly the best choice.   Real estate syndications’ major benefit of being a true hands-off investment, saves investors from the stress of…

In preparation to become a real estate investor, the most essential step to take is establishing your investment goals.   What do you want investing to do for your life? Are you in pursuit of passive income to match your salary? Are you investing to build a retirement account?    These questions, in addition to…

Lets take a look at investing in real estate vs relying on a 401k. We will examine the tow drastically different retirement outcomes.   It used to be that you went to college, got a good job with a pension, and rode that wave until the day you retired. Things aren’t like that anymore and…

Inflation is defined as a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money. In a nutshell, inflation means that the prices of essential goods and services are rising as our income remains the same. Unfortunately, in the U.S., we’re currently experiencing record high inflation, the highest we’ve seen in 30 years. …

Taxes aren’t the most exciting aspect of real estate investing, but they’re important to understand nonetheless. As a real estate investor, it’s much more fun to focus on great returns and upgrading your lifestyle, but you must be sure to not overlook taxes completely.  As a passive investor in a real estate syndication, your sponsor…

Are you considering investing in a real estate syndication but are leery that it sounds a little too good to be true? You’re not alone. Many investors are shocked when they first learn about the potential cash flow returns they could receive through investing passively in real estate syndications.  The key, though, to putting your…

Imagine spotting an old bookshelf sitting out on the curb. You pull over to check it out, and since it’s in good shape, you proceed to lug it home and give it a fresh coat of paint. A few years later, you sell the shelf to someone else who claims to have the perfect spot…

Fifty thousand dollars is a LOT of money. Nevermind fifty thousand dollars per year. I get it, but hear me out. Once you see the potential results, I strongly believe you might be more willing to put forth the effort required to get there. I’ve seen regular people with regular salaries do this and change…

The two terms, financial independence and financial freedom are used interchangeably, but what does financial independence really mean, and how’s it different from financial freedom? Consider a toddler learning to walk. Once they figure out how to pull up and take a few steps on their own, they have achieved a new mobility level. They…