Category: Real Estate Investing

  • rolodex

    August 21, 2024
    “Your network becomes your net worth” is something I’ve heard many times from my friends David Phelps and Jim Ingersoll. …
  • for rent sign b&w

    August 21, 2024
    In an online forum, I and other very experienced real estate investors exchanged our lists of threats that landlords face. …
  • piggy bank

    August 21, 2024
    I spoke to a group of real estate investors about buying properties using a creative financing method.  Some of the…
  • desk 3

    April 23, 2024
                One of the biggest challenges I face in my law practice is the outreach from individuals who have made…
  • desk 1

    April 23, 2024
                Collateral is something pledged by the borrower to secure the performance of a loan.  Typically, when a lender makes…
  • desk 2

    April 23, 2024
                In this new series, I want to share with you the good, the bad and the ugly that I…
  • strong foundation words

    April 9, 2024
                There are certain characteristics that are fundamental to every type of business transaction.  Those fundamentals are clarity, integrity, and…
  • fundamentals magnet

    April 4, 2024
    Not all real estate transaction techniques are transferable.  In other words, just because you can assign a wholesale deal and…
  • fundaments, basics

    March 26, 2024
    In my previous article, I talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people when it comes to…
  • fundamentals & other words

    March 21, 2024
                I’m writing this after just attending a lunch meeting for a REIA in Sarasota, Florida.  I was privileged to…
  • land mines

    August 30, 2023
    The last few weeks have been pretty hectic in my office.  I’ve been working on some really interesting and challenging…
  • signing contract for house

    August 15, 2023
                During a conversation with a friend of mine who has owned and operated title companies throughout northeast Ohio for…
  • lemon squeeze

    July 27, 2023
                Have any of the following been causing a little extra pressure or making you feel squeezed in your real…
  • planting a tree 1

    May 25, 2023
                It has been said that the best time to plant a tree was 20+ years ago, and the second-best…
  • moving

    May 17, 2022
                This was the most frequent response I consistently heard from younger investors when I would remind them about the…
  • jeff watson explains $3.5 trillion spending bill in rei live

    September 23, 2021
    In this interview, Jeff discuss with Brian Trippe some of the implications of the proposed $3.5T spending bill for real…
  • info

    September 16, 2021
                The bottom line is that all title companies are “investor-friendly” if you know what you are doing and can…
  • sold sign

    September 14, 2021
                When it comes to choosing a title company, it doesn’t matter how friendly or grouchy the title examiner or…
  • signing documents 1

    September 14, 2021
                In my practice of helping real estate investors, particularly self-directed IRA investors, hardly a week goes by that I…
  • capitol hill

    September 2, 2021
                On behalf of the Seller Finance Coalition, I want to share with you some good news!  The Affordable Homeownership…