I find photos interesting in many ways, but what I really enjoy about them are how they capture an exact moment in time or unexpected moments that come and go with the blink of the eye. When I look at some of my older photos, I can recall clearly that moment of time and the … keep reading
For me, September 15th is a love, hate relationship as it is the last day that I can file my business tax returns. The hate part is obviously getting that final number that I owe the IRS. The love part is finding out the number I would have paid had I not owned real … keep reading
Although we are in difficult times to travel, if you are able to safely, we would love all our new and existing clients and those who are still on the fence to come visit us. Face-to-face or in today’s time, if necessary, mask-to-mask meetings are a fantastic way for both sides to develop the start of a … keep reading
In this picture, our Memphis team is 149 miles from our Little Rock office at the banks of the Mississippi River that separates Arkansas and Tennessee. It is actually symbolic that we are standing in front of the bridge named after the Spanish conquistador Hernando Desoto, who was the first European to cross the … keep reading
Hi everyone, this week I am posting from Rosemary Beach, FL. This is relevant because as a Real Estate investor, although I do not own any property in the area, I can write a small portion of the expenses on this trip. Real Estate investors should always be looking for deals. While Rosemary Beach, … keep reading
When considering conventional financing on your home, for properties 1-4, your down payment is 20%. Properties 5 through 10 would require 25% down. Which brings me to our philosophy on leverage. Just because you can put down 20% on properties 1-4, we highly recommend you putting down 25%. Our philosophy has always been to … keep reading
Return on Investment, Internal Rate of Return, Cash-on-Cash Return and Capitalization Rate are terms used frequently when talking about Real Estate Metrics. But if you just began investing, you may not know exactly what these metrics mean or how to properly calculate them. In this article, we’ll go over a few of the metrics that … keep reading
The way we define “Rent Ready” is the difference between our business model and other companies/individuals who offer investment properties. The pictures on the MLS (which syndicates to Zillow) posted by the seller’s real estate agent could indicate a home as “Rent Ready” for an investor to buy. To the average seller and real estate … keep reading
Typically I like to keep my writings short so that I am providing useful information that everyone has time to read. This one is not short, but I feel one of the more important blogs I have published because we are talking about defining property classes, which I believe to be largely misunderstood. We have … keep reading
Whether you are buying Land, Single-Family, Multi-Family, Commercial, or any other Real Estate Properties related to investment, multiple strategies exist. Our strategy, from our staff members that own property to the principal owners, is to routinely preach and internally talk about buying as many properties as you can. Put it on a 30 year fixed-rate … keep reading
