Why Did We sell Our home? (Part 2)
This post is a follow-up to my last post on why we sold our home. In that post I discussed the opportunity to sell our home at a premium price and, despite the fact we loved our home, we concluded that selling our home would better enable my wife and me to change our lifestyle […]
A Real Estate Investment After 20 Years; Was it Worth It?
Next month marks the 20 year anniversary of the purchase of my first long-term real estate investment. In this post I thought it might be instructive to describe the actual transaction I made 20 years ago, the major events during the life of this investment, and the financial benefits my wife and I enjoy today. […]
Integrating Real Estate into your Retirement Plans
I have written a few blog posts on why I think real estate investments can be a good supplement to a retirement plan. But how can real estate investments be integrated into a retirement plan? To wrap up my discussion on real estate investing, I will provide a suggestion on how this might be done.
Invest in Real Estate? Are You Crazy?
I received a comment from a reader who pointed out an apparent inconsistency in my last post, “Why Invest in Real Estate,” where I discussed how real estate is a great investment vehicle. The reader pointed out that in an earlier post I stated my belief that real estate values may not re-gain their high […]
