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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Strategies to Beat Inflation While Preparing for a Market Correction with Arianne Lemire

Strategies to Beat Inflation While Preparing for a Market Correction with Arianne Lemire

00:29:24 | With inflation at all time highs and peak fear in the market, what can a real estate investor do during uncertain times? Join Arianne as she discusses different investment strategies and principles that aim to beat inflation while at the same time keeping your portfolio safe and preparing ...
Is Real Estate Education Still Needed?

Is Real Estate Education Still Needed?

As an 18-year veteran and third-generation real estate investor, I feel like I have seen it all. I have seen the market cycles, both the ups and the downs. I have seen people make hundreds of millions, and I have seen some of the most gruesome losses. For me, real ...
Investing with Turnkey Rental Real Estate

Investing with Turnkey Rental Real Estate

What if I said you could invest in the hottest markets in the country and have the support from teams that have been helping investors accomplish this goal for two decades? What if I also told you that you could do this from the comfort of your own home? Rent ...
Why Multifamily Is in a Good Spot

Why Multifamily Is in a Good Spot

The markets for apartment rentals and home and condo purchases usually move in opposite directions. A strong housing market is generally accompanied by soft rental markets and vice versa. However, as the real estate market recovered and housing demand steadily increased over the past decade since the financial crisis, the ...
9 Do’s and Don’ts for Going the Distance with Rental Property

9 Do’s and Don’ts for Going the Distance with Rental Property

In 2022, real estate investors are facing a very different market than they did in 2020. Where fix-and-flip properties were an appealing draw two years ago, the outlook has changed. According to ATTOM Data, profit margins for real estate shrank to 33.5% in late 2021, which is the largest dip ...
Checkbook IRA, or Checkbook LLC?

Checkbook IRA, or Checkbook LLC?

A recent case has shed light on one of the riskiest retirement plan strategies offered by promoters. In McNulty v. Commissioner (157 T.C. 10), a U.S. Tax Court provided clarity to the scheme of using self-directed IRAs for personal investments. Although the rules are strict, they had become lax and ...
Think Realty Magazine March/April 2022

Think Realty Magazine March/April 2022

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Profiles |  Are You Prepared for the Upcoming Market Crash in 2022? Legislation |  Think Realty’s New Government Relations Committee Identifies First Key Issue Funding |  Tap into Private Lending When Buying a Short-Term Rental • Capital, Real Estate, Cash Flow, and the Velocity of Money • ...
Think Realty Podcast #223 – The Multifamily Investment Roadmap

Think Realty Podcast #223 – The Multifamily Investment Roadmap

Investing in multifamily real estate can sound intimidating, but our guest Rob Beardsley from Lone Star Capital is giving you the roadmap on how to do it successfully. He explains what factors he looks for when choosing a property, what to look for when running a full comp analysis between ...
Earn Real Estate Rental Income without Being a Landlord

Earn Real Estate Rental Income without Being a Landlord

They do say that real estate is always a great investment, but the traditional way of investing in real estate comes with a heavy burden of work. If you’re a landlord managing your own rental property, you’re fielding calls from tenants, sometimes in the middle of the night; dealing with ...
Ashcroft Capital Announces Second Fund

Ashcroft Capital Announces Second Fund

At Ashcroft Capital, we focus on capital preservation while still having upside potential through our Value-Add Funds. We are proud to announce our second Fund, the Ashcroft Value-Add Fund II (AVAF2) is now open and accepting accredited investors. What is a Real Estate Fund? How is this Fund different from ...
How To Earn From Airbnb; Learn The Art Of Real Estate Arbitrage

How To Earn From Airbnb; Learn The Art Of Real Estate Arbitrage

Do you want to leverage your property to earn rent but don’t know how? Don’t worry! Using Air Bnb you can find tenants by connecting with people around the world. Planning vacations and looking for a place that gives you a home-like feel? Use Airbnb. This is an online marketplace ...
Think Realty Podcast #220 – Rent to Retirement – Turnkey Investing

Think Realty Podcast #220 – Rent to Retirement – Turnkey Investing

When you think of making money with your investment properties, do you think of picking up a hammer and doing DIY projects? You don’t have to do that anymore thanks to turnkey investing! Our guest, Zach Lemaster from Rent to Retirement, teaches how turnkey investing works, how to make your ...
Instagram-Worthy Staging and Photography

Instagram-Worthy Staging and Photography

House staging and well-composed photos go together like peanut butter and jelly. A single ingredient just doesn’t hit the spot the same way. A perfectly-staged house without photos — or photos of a cluttered home — won’t cut it if you’re looking to sell a property quickly or start a ...
The Stage and Sell Partnership

The Stage and Sell Partnership

Preparing a house to sell takes teamwork to do it right! With all the “Home Buying Televisions Shows'' having such a big influence on how people view homes now, it’s no wonder more real estate agents are teaming up with staging companies to help market their clients’ homes better. However ...
Contractual Unity in a Volatile Market

Contractual Unity in a Volatile Market

In today’s market, unity amongst construction personnel has never been more important. Construction projects have always been susceptible to shifting parameters like weather delays, shortage of skilled workers, and supply chain issues. In the current market, construction personnel also must factor in certain safety requirements ushered in by the pandemic ...
Think Realty Podcast #219 – Self-Directed IRA’s: Congress is Watching, Now What?

Think Realty Podcast #219 – Self-Directed IRA’s: Congress is Watching, Now What?

Using capital through a self-directed IRA is a beneficial strategy, but now that Congress is cracking down, what does that mean for you? What are the risks to using checkbook control? Our guest Derreck Long from Quest Trust Company discusses the strategies to make self-directed IRA’s work for you! To ...
Considerations for Selling or Renting Your Commercial Property Investment

Considerations for Selling or Renting Your Commercial Property Investment

If you’ve invested in commercial real estate, you might be experiencing a tough time renting or selling your property while getting the full return on your investment.  Namely, the current pandemic had a drastic impact on the commercial real estate (CRE) market, and real estate forecasters predict the pandemic-centric concerns ...
Think Realty Podcast #218 – Strategies of Section 8

Think Realty Podcast #218 – Strategies of Section 8

If you haven’t thought about investing in a Section 8 property, you could be missing out on a HUGE opportunity! Our guest Joe Asamoah has been successfully investing for over 30 years and is sharing his strategies on why Section 8 properties are beneficial, when to invest and how to ...
How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

How to Pay Yourself Now and Pay Yourself Later with Partnering

When you think about creating wealth, you’re often thinking about your future. Questions like “how can I retire comfortably?” and “what investments will help me reach my goals?” may float around in your head. A common thought would be to shovel a bunch of money away in a savings account ...
Ditch the Spreadsheets

Ditch the Spreadsheets

No matter how much time you’ve spent in real estate, chances are you have logged some serious hours staring at a computer screen, trying to make numbers work on a spreadsheet and making sure you haven’t made any mistakes. If you have a team, you’re only as good as your ...
Sustaining Partnerships

Sustaining Partnerships

Real estate investing is very rewarding. But the last thing you want to happen is to have all that success and lose one of the most valuable assets you have—your relationship with your spouse. Throughout the last five years, my husband Chris and I have worked together in different real ...
Things to Check Before Investing in New Property

Things to Check Before Investing in New Property

Investing in real estate is a smart way to acquire one or more assets whose value will more than likely continue to increase in the coming years. Rather than leaving your money sitting in a bank account, you can instead invest in real estate that you can then use to ...
Think Realty Magazine January/February 2022

Think Realty Magazine January/February 2022

+ WHAT'S INSIDE Investor Stories |  Local Real Estate Investors Improve Communities One House at a Time • A Woman to Watch: Eboni Killian Fundamentals |  The Power of Partnerships • Instagram-Worthy Staging and Photography • What Does Leadership for a Property Manager Look Like? • Contractual Unity in a ...
A Partnership Close to Home

A Partnership Close to Home

Have you ever worked with or thought about working with your spouse in your business? There are a lot of benefits to doing this. When you are both on the same page striving for the same goals, you can accomplish those goals much quicker. You have someone you know that ...
A Demographic Shift Prime for Investment

A Demographic Shift Prime for Investment

With inflation on the rise and uncertainty growing, investors look to the horizon, watching for patterns and identifying changes that point to opportunity. The desire to diversify amid growing market concerns is nothing new. For years, investors have looked for the best methods to increase return on investment while ensuring ...