Aaron Chapman
Aaron's Resident Expert Courses
Resident Expert Course: Financial Strategies for Market Corrections
From their respective skillsets, several of our Think Realty Resident Experts detail different financial strategies to navigate market corrections and mitigate the impacts of inflation and other economic upheavals.
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Interest Rates and What Influences Them with Aaron Chapman
00:42:34| Aaron Chapman gives attendees a general explanation of what determines interest rates for mortgages and how the market influences their direction. Other Replays for this Event ...
Navigating Economic Waves: Rates, Inflation, and Markets Amid An Election Cycle
00:41:57| Uncover how election cycles send shockwaves through interest rates, inflation, and markets, and learn the secrets to staying ahead. This electrifying interview will arm you with the knowledge to ride the economic tides and make savvy financial decisions in uncertain times. Other Replays for this Event ...
Think Realty Podcast #306 – Life, Business, Legacy
Everyone wants to leave a legacy, but what are you really leaving your family? Eddie sat down with Aaron Chapman from SecurityNational Mortgage to take a deep dive on how he is working so hard to create a legacy and make sure the next generation has a chance to succeed ...
What’s Really in the Stop Predatory Investment Bill?
We must ensure the bill does not contain unintended consequences for small real estate investors. Senate Democrats have proposed new legislation referred to as the Stop Predatory Investment Act. On the surface, it does look like something that could be beneficial to the real estate investor as well as the ...
Think Realty Podcast #284 – Play the Game the Way the Game Was Built
To say the capital markets are crazy would be an understatement, so Eddie sat down with longtime friend and Think Realty member, Aaron Chapman from Security National Mortgage Company, to discuss his thoughts on the current market. They chat about if the market is going to be turbulent in the ...
Module 4 – Calculate the Cost of Inflation
00:30:11 | Resident Expert Aaron Chapman teaches you how to calculate the effects of inflation on long term debt. Many speak on long term leverage as being a hedge against inflation, but no one puts numbers to it. Not only does Aaron discuss the numbers in the presentation, but you ...
Inflation and Interest Rates with Aaron Chapman
00:31:14 | Inflation and interest rates are a trending topic that all investors need to be in the know with. This session will cover a deep dive into the history of rates and where the value of turnkey real estate has always existed regardless of what cost of leverage is. Other Replays ...
Calculating the Effects of Inflation on Long Term Debt with Aaron Chapman
00:30:10 | Many speak on long term leverage as being a hedge against inflation, but no one puts numbers to it. Not only do we discuss the numbers in the presentation, but you will be provided the calculator. Other Replays for this Event ...
Think Realty Podcast #234 – It’s the Nation of Inflation!
Our guest and lender extraordinaire Aaron Chapman, is taking us on a deep dive of inflation and how it is affecting the lending industry. Plus he’ll talk about his app where you can see how much you’re really paying for what you borrowed. For more information and to contact Aaron, ...
How Real Estate Investors Can Benefit from Inflation
What do you think the current rate of inflation is? I start every conversation with investors with that question. Much too often I hear “2%-3%” in response. A common number in recent years, that number is now quite a distance from the “official” numbers. Let’s take a look at how ...
Hot Housing Market Predictions
According to the research of my friend Marco Santarelli of Norada Real Estate Investments, as of April 2020, “There is probably no hotter market right now than Kansas City, Missouri. A large, prosperous, self-sufficient, and culturally rich city, which has seen a continuous rise in its employment, directly impacting the ...
The last article discussed how inflation can benefit the properly leveraged real estate investor. Now, let’s go deeper. I lead into every conversation regarding the benefits of inflation by asking investors what they think the current rate of inflation is. Often, I hear “two to three percent,” which is not ...
As described in the December 2019 article, I worked with Dr. John Abernathy, Accounting Professor at Kennesaw State University to create a tool to calculate how inflation impacts compound interest. It is reasonable that when entertaining financing a property, one looks at interest and how much they might be forced ...
I am often asked about what options we as a company offer to the real estate investor. What methods do I use to aid in the rapid success of the real estate investor? I encourage people to set aside previous thoughts associated with acquisition of real estate from the consumer ...
My goal is to provide the best information I have gathered since starting in the real estate finance industry in 1997. I have spent years personally working to improve my outlook and intellect. I have heard many of those considered to be the great thinkers of our present and past, ...
In the past few editions we touched on the mindset of the leveraged real estate investor and a method of evaluating an investment in two parts. Now, we land on what in my opinion is the ability to use economic circumstance to nullify the effects of what Einstein called the “8th ...
One would think a crowd of hundreds would be the place where an opportunity for personal time doesn’t exist, but it seems the larger the crowd, the more alone one can feel. I’ve experienced entering a room full of professionals and have found I can have plenty of alone time ...
Last month’s article left you wondering about maintenance and vacancy and how that impacts the numbers discussed. If the investor as the CEO of their new real estate investment firm makes the right decision with respect to buying the right property, and working with the right property management, is it ...
I am a very simple person and use basic principles in all facets of life and business. Wanting to find a more elementary way to evaluate I started looking at the very basic numbers on a potential investment property purchase. I believe the 30-year fixed loan to be the greatest ...
by Aaron Chapman and Marco Santarelli The world of real estate finance is riddled with varied forms of verification. Since taking someone at their word has been jeopardized by the unscrupulous, having a disinterested third party verify the data has become the standard. Most of this third-party data is based ...
When a real estate investor experiences the shift in mindset from consumer to business owner, the investor becomes vastly different from the average home buyer. Your new or expanding business is based on the ownership of cash-flowing assets. No longer are you spending money for a commodity. No longer are ...
