Investment Strategy

Learn about asset classes and investment methods that dial into strategies to meet your REI goals: Alternative Investing | Commercial | Funds | IRAs | Multifamily | Single Family | Syndication

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Investment Strategy

Learn about asset classes and investment methods that dial into strategies to meet your REI goals: Alternative Investing | Commercial | Funds | IRAs | Multifamily | Single Family | Syndication

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1031 Exchanges for Mineral Rights

1031 Exchanges for Mineral Rights

Understanding tax deferral tools like 1031 exchanges can help you get the most from your mineral rights investment. Can a Section 1031 exchange be used for mineral rights? Contrary to commonly held beliefs, yes—it can be used to exchange mineral rights in most cases. There are, however, a few things ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2024

Think Realty Magazine March/April 2024

+WHAT'S INSIDE Cover Story | Key Factors for a Successful 2024 Design | Door Design Decision Funding | Financing Your Real Estate Investment: Debt vs. Equity • Understanding the Funding Game Players—and Changing the Paradigm as a Real Estate Professional Investment Strategy | 1031 Exchanges for Mineral Rights • How Mineral Rights Work • ...
Make Your Next Renovation a Real Splash!

Make Your Next Renovation a Real Splash!

Whether you're building a new kitchen or renovating an old one, you will enhance any kitchen design with your choice of backsplash. With kitchens earning upward of 70%-80% of ROI when selling a home, making sure your next kitchen renovation is a splash is a real must! That’s “splash” as ...
Think Realty Podcast #302 – A Horizon Year

Think Realty Podcast #302 – A Horizon Year

2023 was a rough year for a lot of people, but it seems like 2024 is a horizon year where most people are looking into brand new opportunities. Eddie sat down with Brandon Cobb from HBG Capital to get his thoughts on if we’re in a transitional place in the ...
Investing in Community Amenities: Enhancing Property Values and Tenant Retention

Investing in Community Amenities: Enhancing Property Values and Tenant Retention

When you own real estate and manage tenants, you have two choices. You can treat your property solely as a business transaction, setting and collecting rent and resigning yourself to tenants who cycle in and out as if through a revolving door, or you can take it upon yourself to ...
15 Interior Design Styles for Your Rental

15 Interior Design Styles for Your Rental

Your rental home is an investment that requires attention long after closing day. Whether you plan to use the house as a vacation rental or a long-term rental property, consumers are more discerning than ever before. They’re searching for functional spaces that are attractive and consistent from room to room ...
Think Realty Podcast #301 – Greetings From Arizona!

Think Realty Podcast #301 – Greetings From Arizona!

If you haven’t heard, we’re taking our Think Realty Conference and Expo to Phoenix, Arizona this March! We wanted to get some insight into Arizona so Eddie sat down with Michael Del Prete, Executive Director of AZREIA (the largest U.S. Real Estate Investors Association) to discuss what exactly a REIA ...
How Real Estate Can Create Positive Social and Commercial Outcomes

How Real Estate Can Create Positive Social and Commercial Outcomes

Thinking creatively about workforce housing, attainable housing, and transitional housing in communities can satisfy more than commercial goals. It’s important for real estate professionals to stay on top of the latest trends in the industry. But discerning what has staying power from a flash-in-the-pan fad can be a tough task ...
4  Pros and Cons of Investing in an Airbnb vs. a Traditional Rental

4  Pros and Cons of Investing in an Airbnb vs. a Traditional Rental

Real estate investors are always on the lookout for their next big venture. With occupancy rates soaring, now may seem like a good time to invest in an Airbnb. What's the difference between investing in an Airbnb versus a traditional rental? It all boils down to four main factors, each ...
How I Turned $500 into a Real Estate Fortune!

How I Turned $500 into a Real Estate Fortune!

Focusing on quarter-acre vacant lots in resort communities was the game-changer. When I started out over 20 years ago, I had just $500 to invest. But I quickly realized I could parlay that modest sum into controlling properties worth far more. How? By focusing on inexpensive quarter-acre buildable vacant lots ...
How to Make Your Money Work in Three Places at the Same Time!

How to Make Your Money Work in Three Places at the Same Time!

00:32:58 | In this informational webinar, Tom Laune explainins his Bulletproof Wealth® System. Tom has helped investors all over the country, including Think Realty Founder, Eddie Wilson, to grow wealth with asset protection, tax advantages and more! To schedule a call with Tom, visit www.BulletProofWealth.info/Intake-Live ...
Investing in Community Amenities Pays Dividends

Investing in Community Amenities Pays Dividends

Enhancing property values and tenant retention are investments that can yield significant returns. When you own real estate and manage tenants, you have two choices. You can treat your property solely as a business transaction, collecting rent and resigning yourself to tenants who cycle in and out, or you can ...
Should You Do Multiple Tenant Leases?

Should You Do Multiple Tenant Leases?

For many property owners in the single-family rental home market, the ideal tenant is a one-lease long-term tenant. But in some locations it might make more sense to offer multiple tenant leases for a single-family property. Especially if your rental home is in a college town or in areas where ...
Consistency + Boring = Wealth

Consistency + Boring = Wealth

00:06:57 | Wealth creation favors the consistent and boring. In this episode Flip and Dani talk about how they use the 40-40-20 rule to incorporate being consistent and boring in their investing. It’s natural to get distracted by the newest, coolest, and novel investments and they use this rule to ...
For Richer or Poorer: Stocks Versus Real Estate

For Richer or Poorer: Stocks Versus Real Estate

00:07:40 |Who is on their phones or on their computer checking the market all the time? Who is getting logged on wondering “am I rich or am I poor today”? It’s the person who invests in stocks and checks constantly because the stock market can be so volatile and goes ...
Think Realty Podcast #299 – Rock On!

Think Realty Podcast #299 – Rock On!

Most investors know the options to in real estate, oil and even gas, but did you know you can invest in minerals? Eddie sat down with Troy Eckard from Eckard Enterprises to discuss what they do, and why minerals suddenly burst onto the marketplace. They chat about the benefits investing ...
Six Ways to Add Value to the Community as a Real Estate Professional

Six Ways to Add Value to the Community as a Real Estate Professional

Real estate professionals not only provide safe and attractive homes and offices but also improve property values and contribute to the community by paying taxes. We often read headlines about greedy landlords, evictions, and record lack of affordable housing. In spite of those headlines, real estate experts make significant contributions ...
Think Realty Webinar: How to Make Your Money Work in THREE Places at the SAME TIME

Think Realty Webinar: How to Make Your Money Work in THREE Places at the SAME TIME

Think Realty is providing you with another FREE WEBINAR! On February 15th at 12:00PM (CST),  Tom Laune with Bulletproof Wealth will be speaking on "How to Make Your Money Work in THREE Places at the SAME TIME." In this informational webinar, Tom Laune will be explaining his Bulletproof Wealth® System ...
When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Pull Out Equity from Your Rental Property

When You Should (and Shouldn’t) Pull Out Equity from Your Rental Property

Investing in single-family rental properties brings many rewards, but perhaps none can grow an investor’s wealth better than equity. As residential real estate appreciates and any related mortgage principal is paid down, the equity on a property can become a significant asset on any balance sheet. When this happens, you ...
Think Realty Podcast #298 – Unlocking Real Estate Success: Land Trust Secrets Revealed!

Think Realty Podcast #298 – Unlocking Real Estate Success: Land Trust Secrets Revealed!

With the multiple options to invest in the real estate industry, have you considered a land trust? Eddie sat down with Joseph Seagle from My Land Trustee to discuss what the company does, how unique it is to the industry and why it is important to a real estate investor ...
Think Realty Magazine January/February 2024

Think Realty Magazine January/February 2024

+WHAT'S INSIDE Cover Story | How Real Estate Can Create Positive Social and Commercial Outcomes Market & Trends | Where to Spot Distressed Property Buying Opportunities in 2024 • Prime Suspects for Correction Design | Make Your Next Renovation a Real Splash! Funding | Preparing for Long-Term Financing of Single-Family Residential Rentals • An ...
Top 5 Factors to Consider When Investing to Commercial Properties

Top 5 Factors to Consider When Investing to Commercial Properties

Commercial real estate investment comes with challenges and opportunities that are unique and different to those encountered when investing in residential property. To be successful in commercial property investment, it is important to have a solid understanding of factors that can influence the performance and value of the asset. Let’s ...
How High-Earning Real Estate Agents Can Become “Agent-Optional”

How High-Earning Real Estate Agents Can Become “Agent-Optional”

Restore balance and sanity to your career without sacrificing income. Do you feel burned out? Uncertain of how much you will make this year? Tired of hustling? All four U.S. regions have posted year-over-year declines in home sales, according to the National Association of Realtors. The 30-year fixed-mortgage rates are ...
The Advantages of Investing in Commercial Real Estate

The Advantages of Investing in Commercial Real Estate

Whether you’re a seasoned single-family investor or new to real estate, there are several benefits to investing in commercial assets rather than single-family real estate. Single-family residential investing is often viewed as a training ground for commercial real estate. It’s easy to see why. Conventional wisdom says to start small ...
4 Regulatory Changes Investigators Must Understand

4 Regulatory Changes Investigators Must Understand

The evolving regulatory environment demands that investors pay attention. Smart investors know they’re not just up against the market. They’re also up against the regulatory environment. Regulators aren’t the enemy, but the evolving regulatory environment does demand close attention. Ignorance isn’t an excuse. Investors who find themselves out of compliance ...