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 […]
My First Real Estate Investment in 13 Years
In a recent post I described in detail a real estate investment of a single family home I have owned for 20 years. In my opinion it has been a pretty good investment for us. In this post I will describe my first real estate purchase in 13 years.
How to Purchase Investment Real Estate, Part I
I wrote in my last Blog Post, “The Biggest Mistake Made by Real Estate Investors,” that most novice real estate investors make the mistake of purchasing real estate for capital appreciation rather than for income. In this post I will discuss my approach to deciding which properties make a good investment.
The Biggest Mistake Made by Real Estate Investors
There are many missteps that a beginning real estate investor can make. Fortunately, most mistakes are correctable once they are discovered. But, in my opinion, there is one mistake most novice investors make that can haunt them for years. In this post I will discuss this mistake and share the details of my first venture […]
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 […]
Why Invest in Real Estate?
In my most recent Blog Post “Other Retirement Income” I suggested that investing in real estate is still one of the best methods for the average person to accumulate wealth. I truly believe this. In this post I will discuss why I think real estate is still a good investment tool to use to supplement […]
