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It happens all the time. I'm driving down a road I haven't been on in months, turn the corner and BOOM. There it is--a vacant house. Hmmmmm....this could be interesting, but I'll need to do a little checking before getting my hopes up.
My first stop is the tax assessor's...
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With the continuing changes in tax legislation, came a benefit for IRA contributions: The non-working spousal limit of $250 was raised to $2,000. Although an additional annual contribution of $2,000 doesn't appear to be much, it works out to a very large amount over time...
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As the saying goes, "Happiness is a positive cash flow." Empty rental units do not produce positive cash flows. What vacancies do produce are sleepless nights, gray hairs, and negative cash flows. Since no one I know invests in real estate for these reasons, you need to have...
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A man named Mark was calling from Florida saying he wanted to sell me a mobile home note. The note was secured by a mobile home just a few miles from my house. He had managed to get my attention. By the time I got off the phone, I had learned all kinds of good stuff.
The...
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This article explains how you can use your 401(k) funds to diversify your portfolio mix into real property.
The 401(k) plan
First, it is important to understand some basic features of a 401(k) program. The 401(k) is a subsection of the Profit Sharing Plan section of...
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Several years ago, a friend and I sat down and decided we were going to write offers on single family houses listed with Realtors. In fact, we were looking for a way to increase our production. We weren't happy with the volume of transactions coming our way. So we decided to...
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