Larry Arth
5 non-conventional ways to finance your rental properties
Finance is one of the biggest obstacles we encounter in our efforts to help hundreds of real estate investors each year buy rental properties. We all know how to do a conventional loan, which is the product that is still most often used. However, the needs of the different investors ...
3 lessons American real estate investors can learn from our foreign investors
As I work with real estate investors from all over the world, I field a lot of questions. The most interesting question that astounded foreign-investor friends ask is: “Why aren’t more Americans doing real estate investing in the U.S.?“ From their vantage point, they see that we have virtually all ...
How 3 beginners became winners with great deals
I sometimes think I have the best career available. I get to meet people from all over the world, and I am always inspired by the goals and objectives people have. A very common trait that the winners all have is a long-term vision about what they really want. Often ...
3 ways to adjust to today’s changing real estate investment market cycles
Are you one of the many frustrated investors looking for real estate investment properties but finding very little from which to choose? You search far and wide and the cash flow just is not as strong as it used to be? The cap rates are being reduced because of the ...
How I bought it for myself: The 5 benefits of an owner-occupied investment
One Saturday morning I was reading about open houses in the neighborhood and ran across a duplex for sale that had water access and a deeded dock for $109,000. It was open for a Saturday tour. A deeded dock and water access for a duplex did not seem like a ...
5 reasons this is a great year to grow your rental investment business
Investors often call or email me all excited or perhaps disappointed by a headline or an article they have read on real estate investing and want to know my thoughts. Before you move past the headlines you want to ask yourself if this is local news, county news or national ...
Why Millennials are important to landlords and 5 things you need to know
Talking with my daughter, who is a Millennial, has provided important insight to me as I have studied this group and its rental and housing needs and written about that for other investors. It has been almost a psychological journey into my daughter’s era, shedding light on many past conversations ...
Landlords now have an opportunity to build a long and thriving business as rentals increase
My biggest pet peeve is when people tell me that I am lucky. They say things like, “You are so lucky you get all the good deals,” or “You are so lucky your tenants always renew their leases” or “You get all the good tenants” or “You can take off ...
10 current trends real estate investors need to know about
Real estate is like anything else that is cyclical in nature, with trends always changing. Over the years I have learned what is important to watch for, not just for today but also what is coming down the pipeline, sort of like having a dashboard perspective of the investing arena ...
3 key systems to put in place for your 2015 real estate investments
Without question, there is one key lesson that I have learned throughout the years that has helped me in running a successful real estate investing business. It is something each and every successful business needs: profitable business systems. It is something I never took time to think about before, but ...
Invest to win: Your 2015 wealth manifestation guide
For me the most powerful sentence I ever read was, “The difference between average people and wealthy people is how they think.” That is a sentence I will never forget, and it always inspires me when times are challenging. Wealthy people quite literally are capable of manifesting wealth simply by ...
7 must-have items that make up a great real estate investment
My investors are always looking for the high performing yields which are found in the spread between the cap rate of a property and the interest rate for a financed property. The spread of the two reflects your positive leverage on the property. Today, with such low interest rates and ...
7 must-have items that make up a great real estate investment
My investors are always looking for the high performing yields which are found in the spread between the cap rate of a property and the interest rate for a financed property. The spread of the two reflects your positive leverage on the property. Today, with such low interest rates and ...
5 reasons you may find you best investments buying from other investors
Struggling to find good real estate investments with my Realtor, I was convinced he simply did not understand what I was looking for. So I decided to take a real estate course for the sole purpose of having access to the Multiple Listing Service. By getting my real estate license, ...
5 reasons you may find you best investments buying from other investors
Struggling to find good real estate investments with my Realtor, I was convinced he simply did not understand what I was looking for. So I decided to take a real estate course for the sole purpose of having access to the Multiple Listing Service. By getting my real estate license, ...
The 10 commandments of real estate investing
Setting goals for 2015 Every year I personally purchase or assist in the purchase of hundreds of real estate investments. Over my 35 years of real estate investing there are things I have learned that work great and have pledged to do again and again. There are, of course, things ...
The 10 commandments of real estate investing
Setting goals for 2015 Every year I personally purchase or assist in the purchase of hundreds of real estate investments. Over my 35 years of real estate investing there are things I have learned that work great and have pledged to do again and again. There are, of course, things ...
How many investors buy the kind of property they originally set out to buy?
This was an interesting question I received from a gentleman the other day and immediately I thought about an investor from Argentina with whom I had worked. He had called telling me that he represented many investors and wanted to buy as much property as he could get his hands ...
7 steps to successful real estate investing
One thing I have learned over the years in business is that you must create systems that can be duplicated time and time again for successful results. When talking with investors who have challenges with their newly purchased investment properties, I can always trace those challenges back to one thing: ...
9 key ways to build equity in real estate
Working with investors from many different countries, I have uncovered more reasons for investing in real estate than I could ever have imagined. Beyond the common goals of cash flow and a forced savings plan are objectives like looking for a safe haven for their money, sheltering income and assets ...
As any investor knows, if you have not made any investment mistakes you probably have not made any investments. Learning from these mistakes so you can master your investment business is the key to your success. You can learn from other people’s mistakes, so I would like to share mistakes ...
7 questions I get every week from real estate investors
I talk with dozens of real estate investors every week, from new investors to seasoned investors to foreign investors. What is good for one investor’s objectives and long-term goals may be different for another. However, there is a common set of questions by those seeking long-term real estate investments: ...
5 discoveries changed the way I invest
Every investor has some successes, and boy do they like to share them. You can learn a lot from these successes. And, if they are tried and true, by all means you want to duplicate them. However, I believe far more valuable lessons come from mistakes that are made. If ...
How I created a great deal from a property that was not even for sale
I was having a conversation with an investor friend of mine who had shared with me that he was selling off his smaller duplexes and doing 1031 tax-deferred exchange into larger multi-unit properties. I knew his portfolio well, as we have had many conversations in the past. So I asked ...
5 ways to improve cash flow on your rental properties
The timing was perfect. Just as I was preparing to make an offer to buy a fourplex, I overheard my wife, who does business turnaround consulting, talking to her client about the SIBKIS rule for making decisions. When I asked her what the rule she was always preaching meant, she ...
