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Episode 105: Have You Thought Of These Tiny Home Downsides?

November 16, 2021
Finances, Operations, Property Acquisition
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Tiny homes and container homes are cool. They are unique. They are an experience to stay in. And dare I say… they are trendy?? Perhaps. Let’s just pause for a moment though and act as if trends have nothing to do with investments. Do tiny homes and container homes still beat other types of properties when it comes...

Episode 90: Lower Your Taxes By Operating Airbnbs

One of the two biggest expenses that everyone incurs are taxes. Which means, legally lowering our taxes should be of the utmost importance! For easy numbers and simplicity's sake, if you have $1000 in income taxes and you neglect to write off an immediately deductible $500 expense you incurred operating your...

Episode 85: How I Got An Apartment Building For Free

There are some opportunities with real estate investments that we just can’t find anywhere else. Not with the stock market, not with investing in crypto currency, not by investing in precious metals like gold and silver, and not by operating short-term rentals on a lease arbitrage model. Nope, they will just...

Episode 74: How Appraisals Impact Your Loan and Refinances

April 13, 2021
Finances
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It’s interesting that while appraisals are such an important piece a loan they can vary so much depending on the appraiser. Every loan for the most part (unless it’s a hard money loan) will require an appraisal. This provides the bank or person issuing the loan with a realistic value of the property so they can feel...

Episode 62: Professional Tax Advice From My CPA – Part 2

I’ve mentioned the benefits of being a real estate investor when it comes to taxes in multiple episodes, but no one knows this subject better than Amanda Han, my CPA and personal tax advisor. Not to mention, she sees the behind the scenes PROOF that short-term rentals can earn excellent returns! Since she is the...

Episode 61: Pro Tax Advice directly from my CPA (part one)

I’ve mentioned the benefits of being a real estate investor when it comes to taxes in prior episodes, but no one knows this subject better than Amanda Han, my CPA and personal tax advisor. She sees the behind-the-scenes PROOF that short-term rentals can yield excellent returns! Since Amanda is the professional in the...

Episode 60: Are the Numbers You’re Hearing Real? (And What’s a Pro Forma?)

We often hear statistics that seem to be good to be true… and oftentimes they are! Percentages in particular can be the most misleading if we have nothing to compare them to and if the sample size is small. We are targeted by advertisements and they are usually designed with a hidden agenda to sway your opinion or...

Episode 59: 6 Steps to Get Started as a New Investor

December 29, 2020
Finances, General Real Estate, Property Acquisition
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There is so much data out there. Invest here, invest there, now is a bad time, now is a good time, and so on and so on. So where do we start? What should a brand new investor be doing to get started and what are the steps? This week Tim will break down the basic process for anyone looking to invest in real estate from a...

Episode 56: Short-Term vs. Long-Term Rental expenses

There are a lot of obvious differences in the costs between operating a short-term rental and a long-term rental, but how much more does it really cost? Expenses to manage a long term rental can add up. Let’s talk about a few of those and run a comparison to see if you’re accounting for all the differences!

Episode 51: 3 questions to ask yourself before selling

Supply in the US is at a historic low, in fact the lowest it has ever been in many markets! That’s one of the reasons prices are so high and also why a lot of people are considering selling. But, there is more to selling a property than just timing. If you are considering selling make sure it aligns with your bigger...