Over the weekend I had a call with a family who is interested in buying a rental property from Martel Family Realty. They asked me whether they should buy this property in cash or finance it. While this is a…
Recently I had a phone call with an investor who lived on the East Coast but he was investing in the Midwest. He was telling me how he owns a couple of properties in the Midwest and he’s managing those…
Compared to finding off-market residential deals, finding off-market commercial deals is much more complicated and takes a lot more time. It’s not as simple as reaching out to people on Craigslist or Bigger Pockets. Commercial deals are much larger with…
Over the last couple of months of 2017 Amazon has announced that they will be bringing 3,000 jobs to Cleveland. These jobs will be in two areas of Cleveland, Euclid and North Randall. The company has decided that they will…
I get asked a lot by other real estate investors how I find my real estate deals. Do I buy them on the MLS? Do I buy them off-market? How do I find off-market residential deals? To answer those questions,…
I recently read a book called “Emerging Real Estate Markets” by David Lindahl. In this book, Lindahl talks about what to look for when investing in a new market. He describes that the most important things for him are the…
Every real-estate investor needs to find and vet a contractor in order to run their business. Whether you are flipping houses or doing rehab on your rental properties, you need a solid contractor. The contractor is probably the most important…
As a real estate investor who invests out-of-state, I get asked all the time what are the best markets to invest in and how do I go about finding those markets. Over the last couple years I’ve discovered five keys…
I’ve talked to a lot of people who are interested in real estate investing, but most of them skip the single-family home aspect and move right to the duplex, triplex, or quad investing. Perhaps this is because they have learnt…
Many people, when they get into real estate, start with residential real estate. It is the easiest to get into, takes the least amount of capital, and is relatively simple to understand. People either live in a house or rent…