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The Truth About Tax-Free Profits in Real Estate IRAs, TREIA Conference & Expo August 2017

| Article | Market & Trends
If you love the idea of huge real estate investing returns but dread the tax bills that come with financial success, then you share a common bond with just about every other investor in the country. However, if you realize that there are actually ways to create “tax-free profits” in ...
Exactly What to Say to Close Real Estate Deals, TREIA Conference & Expo 2017

Exactly What to Say to Close Real Estate Deals, TREIA Conference & Expo 2017

| Article | Market & Trends
If you knew exactly what to say to buyers and sellers to maximize your returns on every real estate deal, do you think you could succeed in this business? Of course you could, and the Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) is bringing in two of the country’s top experts ...
NASCAR Driver Jennifer Jo Cobb Teams with Think Realty

NASCAR Driver Jennifer Jo Cobb Teams with Think Realty

| Article | Market & Trends
Think Realty will soon be visible at the head of yet another pack when NASCAR driver Jennifer Jo Cobb hits the racetrack at the end of August. Think Realty parent company Affinity Worldwide recently signed a sponsorship agreement with the motivational figure, and her vehicle and race suit will soon be ...
Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) and Think Realty Hone in on Practical Steps to Investing Success

Triangle Real Estate Investors Association (TREIA) and Think Realty Hone in on Practical Steps to Investing Success

| Article | Market & Trends
Most of us happily acknowledge that real estate is a true cornerstone of lasting wealth and, in all likelihood, the most widely accessible means to establish a permanent financial legacy. However, the leap from new investor to successful, active investor is often a wide one. The Triangle Real Estate Investors ...
Finding Wholesale Deals

Finding Wholesale Deals

| Article | Products & Services
The latest course from Think Realty Resident Expert Abhi Golhar is now available. Finding Wholesale Deals provides invaluable lessons over 11 episodes. The course introduces numerous tactics for investors to add to their arsenal and reminds viewers of the work they must put in to find deals. Since deals are ...
Think Realty Magazine July/August 2017

Think Realty Magazine July/August 2017

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Think Realty |  Where We’re Thinking Realty in 2017 • Think Realty Honors • Street Smart: Expo Edition Cover Feature |  All-Access: Think Realty's Powerful New Coaching Faculty Design Point |  Finishing Touches The Big Picture|  Reading Between the Lines: Streetcars and Property Values • The Importance ...
Patch of Land

Patch of Land

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This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL)-sponsored "Investor Review" insert in the July/August 2017 issue. Patch of Land is a marketplace lender that originates residential and commercial real estate loans by leveraging proprietary technology to support its innovative crowdfunding platform. In addition to offering ...
Gorilla Capital

Gorilla Capital

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This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL)-sponsored "Investor Review" insert in the July/August 2017 issue. Looking to stretch your time and money further on fix-and-flip projects? Would consolidating funding sources to a single capital provider who can fund on 24-hour notice create more ease ...
Fix-and-Flip Financing, Evolved: A letter from the CEO of Fund That Flip

Fix-and-Flip Financing, Evolved: A letter from the CEO of Fund That Flip

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This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL)-sponsored "Investor Review" insert in the July/August 2017 issue. I got started in the fix-and-flip business as a teenager. I owned a small landscaping business and many of my clients were real estate investors. In addition to landscaping ...
A Two-Fold Focus to Help Investors

A Two-Fold Focus to Help Investors

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This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL)-sponsored "Investor Review" insert in the July/August 2017 issue. Rob Barney, President of DHLC Investments, Inc. and owner of DHLC Mortgage, LLC, has been involved with real estate and real estate financing since 1998 when he bought his ...
Walnut Street Finance

Walnut Street Finance

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This article was originally published in Think Realty Magazine in the American Association of Private Lenders' (AAPL)-sponsored "Investor Review" insert in the July/August 2017 issue. When private money financing is needed to fund a project, every minute counts. Walnut Street Finance can fund loans within days, so builders, developers and investors can seize investment ...
3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Real Estate IRA

3 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Your Real Estate IRA

When it comes to real estate investing, you probably have a lot of options that haven’t even occurred to you yet. Bill Humphrey, co-founder and CEO of New Direction IRA, dove deep into these options at the Think Realty National Conference & Expo in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 24, 2017, ...
Where We're Thinking in 2017

Where We’re Thinking in 2017

| Article | Market & Trends
National Conference & Expo :: Dallas, Texas Education, Networking, and Purpose Came Together in Dallas Attendees of the Think Realty National Conference and Expo in Dallas, Texas, April 29-30, 2017, not only enjoyed a very full day of education and networking with local and national influencers in the real estate ...
Breaking Down the Deal-Breakers

Breaking Down the Deal-Breakers

| Article | Profiles
When real estate investors get started in the business, they often are hindered in their trek toward success by preconceived notions about the “right” kinds of deals and markets. Think Realty sat down with John Tesh, a former commercial photographer who has found he has an “eye” for real estate ...
Think Realty Street Smart: Expo Edition

Think Realty Street Smart: Expo Edition

| Article | Operations
Think Realty members, educators, and supporters bring unique perspectives to real estate investing. Think Realty members can always submit their responses to the monthly “Street Smart” question online, but whenever a Think Realty event brings all that expertise into one room, we capitalize on it! Think Realty Magazine asked experts ...
Think Realty Honors

Think Realty Honors

| Article | Market & Trends
The Think Realty Honors are awarded in the fall of each year to industry leaders who represent the very best of what the real estate industry has to offer. These individuals are nominated by their peers, judged during a rigorous three-step process, and reach finalist status by peer review before ...
Is Your IRA-Owned Business Entity a “Sitting Duck” for Lawsuits?

Is Your IRA-Owned Business Entity a “Sitting Duck” for Lawsuits?

If you have real estate in a self-directed individual retirement account (IRA), then you likely have at least considered setting up an LLC, called an IRA LLC, within that self-directed IRA in order to further insulate those investments. It’s a common form of asset protection, and a lot of providers ...
Panel in Print: “Eyes on Opportunity”

Panel in Print: “Eyes on Opportunity”

| Article | Profiles
Perhaps the biggest factor in your success as a real estate investor will be your ability to spot opportunities in real estate and then leverage those opportunities effectively. Think Realty’s Resident Experts, Eddie Wilson (The Deal-Maker), Sonia Booker (The Wealth Builder), Tameka Bryant (The Closer), and Abhi Golhar (The Connector) ...
Access to Opportunity

Access to Opportunity

| Article | Profiles
From canonical poets and renowned geniuses to modern-day millionaires, there are few success stories in history who fail to acknowledge the massive, intrinsic value of expert guidance on the way to success. Ralph Waldo Emerson said of the concept of mentoring, “Our chief want in life is somebody who will ...
American Association of Private Lenders Ethics Committee Positions

American Association of Private Lenders Ethics Committee Positions

| Article | Operations
The American Association of Private Lenders (AAPL) is pleased to announce the addition of Bobby Montagne Jr. of Walnut Street Finance and Walnut Street Investment Fund to its Ethics Advisory Committee, and the addition of Melissa Martorella of Geraci Law Firm in a new ex officio Ethics Advisory Committee position ...
Which is Best: SEP IRA or Solo 401(k)?

Which is Best: SEP IRA or Solo 401(k)?

This is a transcript of a previously-aired segment of “Self-Directed Investor Talk,” a radio show dealing with self-directed IRA strategy hosted by Bryan Ellis. Listen up, you self-employed people.  If you’ve ever wondered:  What’s right for me:  A SEP IRA or a Solo 401(k)… I’ve got the crystal-clear answer for ...
Think Realty Magazine May/June 2017

Think Realty Magazine May/June 2017

+WHAT'S INSIDE The Big Picture | Basic Training • Forcing the Economy • The Right Recipe • Market Update • Manual or Auto Pilot? Cover Feature | Know Thyself Up Close & Personal| One on One: Daren Bloomquist • Company Profile • Knowing Profitable When You Sell It • Rookie Investor • Taking ...
Updates From The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Updates From The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Home is where the heart is, but how far would you go to keep your heart in residence at its current location? More than half of all Americans in a MacArthur Foundation study said they would give up healthcare, rack up credit-card debt and forego saving for retirement in order ...
Moving Out of State

Turning Your Rental Into Your Primary Residence

Sometimes moving into your rental makes sense. A move could reduce your monthly mortgage payment, give you the time to finalize long-term plans or minimize your capital gains as you begin to think about selling the property. It could also allow you to downsize or provide you more space for ...
One-to-One With Bryan Ellis

One-to-One With Bryan Ellis

| Article | Profiles
Think Realty sat down with Bryan Ellis, the founder of Self Directed Investor (SDI) Society, to discuss this burgeoning trend of the automated trading system. How would you like to put a nice chunk of money into your retirement account, press the “easy” button, and then just wait for your ...