Passive Real Estate Investing

Everybody has heard of Bitcoin, but some people really don't know what cryptocurrency is. Cryptocurrency is essentially a decentralized form of currency, and bitcoin is the market leader. The blockchain technology is the technology behind bitcoin. Blockchain and cryptocurrency expert Mike Freemen says the crypto revolution can bring money into the pockets of people who have never had a bank account and just skip that entire system. It's very liberating and powerful and the reach is virtually unlimited. Mike talks about bitcoin, blockchain and real estate, and says it's just a matter of understanding the uniqueness of what blockchain is and how that's going to apply to investing and real estate and contracts. Mike shares how his knowledge of blockchain technologies coupled with his investing experience allowed him to retire to Chile where he now spends his time advocating for freedom and seeking the next best way to cause more freedom in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Where’s the hotbed for real estate investing? Answer: the Quad Cities. Chris delves into buying and renovating luxury properties for the working-class folks. The Quad Cities, where Chris started, boasts very solid fundamentals. There's very consistent, strong returns on these properties. Single family up to four unit properties and the tenant base are pretty stable. It's not a more volatile market, like you're looking at major markets, like New York or Los Angeles. There's just a really high demand for a good rental product in the Quad Cities right now, considering that a lot of smaller operators don't take good care of the properties they handle. There's not too big of a supply of the more, as Chris would call it, like a luxury product for these working-class folks - and Chris’s team provides just that. Want in on the game before it's too late? Learn how to hold your properties to a high standard so you can lease them up in two weeks! Copyright 2018 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you invest in real estate essentially as a solopreneur from over 6,000 miles away? Billy Keels is an international real estate entrepreneur, author, coach, and mentor. He sees opportunities where others often don’t in real estate. One thing that makes Billy interesting is that he works full-time for a Fortune 500 company in Barcelona, Spain, yet invests in US real estate from over 6,000 miles away. Billy talks about how he got started in long distance real estate investing, why he's doing what he's doing, how he's doing it, what's important to him, and what his challenges had been. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ownership of real estate has many benefits from an investment and tax perspective, yet there is downside risk. The value of real estate holdings can be used to cover damages awarded in lawsuits. It is important to consider asset protection strategies relating to real estate holdings in order to minimize that risk. Asset protection planning is a preemptive measures to reduce your exposure to future lawsuit risk. Scott Smith, owner of Royal Legal Solutions, says using the right tools to mitigate your exposure risk and liability is critically important. Learn more about the right tools and properly protecting ourselves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thousands of people, despite all their best efforts to succeed, grow, and thrive, end up failing financially. Our subconscious beliefs often work against us, setting up hidden obstacles in the way of achieving what we consciously think we want and blocking the path to our highest potential. It’s those money and wealth limiting beliefs that hurt us the most. These negative beliefs are the money phrases that we have all heard before and that many of us say consciously or even subconsciously all the time. You need to be careful because of these seemingly harmless phrases about money can interfere with the wealth building process, exactly what you're trying to work towards. Buck Joffrey, an accomplished surgeon, entrepreneur, asset manager, and bestselling author of 7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth, shares the most common limiting beliefs and created a roadmap in his course to help people towards their journey of investing on their own and ultimately financial independence. Learn more about Your Roadmap to Real Wealth. Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. --- After working with thousands of investors over the past fourteen years when I'm creating more income, wealth, and freedom, I've seen firsthand that it is our subconscious beliefs that often work against us, setting up hidden obstacles in the way of achieving what we consciously think we want and blocking the path to our highest potential. Thousands of people, despite all their best efforts to succeed and grow and thrive, end up failing financially, feeling hopeless and clueless about what they do differently to bring about a better income. It's the negative beliefs that are the subconscious beliefs that hurt us the most. These negative beliefs are the money phrases that we have all heard before and that many of us say consciously or even subconsciously all the time. You need to be careful. Some of these seemingly harmless phrases about money can interfere with the wealth building process, exactly what you're trying to work towards. Here're some of the most popular phrases about money that you hear other people say, maybe you say these yourself. The first one is “It takes money to make money.” This phrase is limiting at best and destructive at worst. How about this one? “Money doesn't grow on trees.” This belief sets people up to believe that money is scarce and difficult to earn instead of seeing money as being abundant, which it is. Here's another one, “Another day, another dollar.” How often have you heard that one? “The masses trade time for money.” This creates the belief that making money is a linear process directly connected to time. How about, “Money is the root of all evil?” The real thing is the love of money is the root of all evil, but it has been misquoted so often for centuries that most people believe money itself is the root of all evil. It is not. “A penny saved is a penny earned.” There's a classic. This is a very dangerous belief as it puts a major emphasis on saving, and saving in itself is not bad, but the masses are so focused on clipping coupons and living frugally that they missed the major opportunities around them. “Money can't buy you happiness.” I've heard family members say this in the past. You don't get rich to get happier. You get rich for the financial freedom and time freedom that it brings you. If you're unhappy without money, guess what? You're not going to be happy when you have lots of it. Selfishness is a virtue. The masses are programmed from an early age to put the needs of others before their own. That sounds like a spiritual thing, a spirit-driven philosophy, it's the worst advice you can get when it comes to money because once you acquire wealth, then you can volunteer your time and give back to charity. It's all about being, doing, having, and then giving. What about more money and more problems? Another myth. Another myth among the masses is the idea that millionaires are workaholics, overloaded with so many problems that they don't have time to enjoy life. This is another excuse the middle class uses to justify being broke. When it comes to money, the best advice is to always look at it from a consciousness of freedom, possibility, opportunity, and abundance perspective. Never look at money from a fear or scarcity point of view. That's going to drive you in the wrong direction. If you're rich, keep thinking the way you're thinking and if not, maybe it's time to change the way you think about money. We're talking about beliefs and how they affect your money and wealth. It's my pleasure to welcome Buck Joffrey. Buck is an accomplished surgeon, entrepreneur, and asset manager. He's also the number one bestselling author of 7 Secrets of Eternal Wealth. He had a negative net worth when he finished surgical training back in 2008, but he quickly became a serial entrepreneur and a real estate investor, and he amassed an eight-figure net worth. If you missed our last episode, be s

As a twenty-year veteran in the finance industry, Aaron has developed this concept of the evolution of the real estate investor. You can imagine it as an hierarchical structure or similar to what you might find in an organizational chart with a company. Aaron explains that it is an evolution where you start out working with real estate investors who spend money by investing in real estate, who then evolve to a position as a business owner in possession of several properties, to being a chief operations officer and having within their organization people that are going to work with new investors to market the properties and find more. He shares that understanding each level of this evolutionary structure will help make the team become more efficient in doing their particular tasks and also enable them to work in harmony with the other levels. — I wanted to do something a little different. I’m bringing on a good friend and one of our preferred mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers and mortgage lenders, Aaron Chapman. Aaron was on years ago, and we talked about non-owner occupied real estate investing and getting loans in the mortgage environment. If you haven’t seen it, go back and read that episode because there’s a lot of foundational information about mortgage lending there. He has this very interesting concept that he refers to as the evolution of the real estate investor. He explained this a couple of times and I found it very interesting because it’s representing a hierarchical structure of what you might find in an org chart with a company, you, being the CEO of that company. Aaron is a 20-year veteran in the finance industry and he focuses specifically and only on real estate investors. He does investment loans and he has a great team of a total of ten staff members that help him do these loans. He’s been married for 22 years and has four kids. He’s a very active guy and a lot of fun and he does a lot of stuff outside the investment and loan industry. He helps out with his local sheriff’s department in the rescue unit. He has been doing this for nine years as a technical off-road and helicopter rappel rescue technician. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to The Memphis Market and Our Next Investment Tour. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Memphis is a consistent and stable market. Mark brings back James, one of their team members out in the local market, to talk about the Memphis market and amazing things on the two-day Memphis investment property tour. He also talks about investing in Memphis and why it’s such a great cash flow market. James and his team has renovated, purchased, and sold over 235 single-family homes in Memphis, Tennessee that cash flow well and rent for very high-dollar amounts, making the cash on cash returns very attractive. Learn more about how you can invest in Memphis on the next investment tour. — I want to talk about Memphis and our next upcoming Memphis Investment Tour. For many of you, you know that we did a property/investment tour. I believe it was around the September, October timeframe. If you go back to an earlier episode, you will know that we talked about the Memphis Market and why invest in Memphis and why it’s such a great cashflow market. We can actually look back and talk about what we did on this two-day Memphis Investment and Property Tour because it was quite amazing. There was a lot of great content and education. We had some great speakers from all over the country and it was all packed into one and a half days. It’s happening again. We’re having another event in May and it’s an opportune time because they happen to have this world-famous barbecue festival or event that goes on. The timing is purposely done to coincide with that event. I brought James back on the show here. For those of you that don’t remember, James leads the team that we work with in Memphis. They are a great company and a great provider in terms of putting out fantastic income producing rental properties. In 2017, James and his team purchased, renovated and sold over 235 single-family homes in Memphis, Tennessee. The average prices of those properties were a $101,000. We’re not talking super expensive properties. They’re affordable. They cashflow well. They rent for a very high dollar amount making the cash-on-cash returns very attractive. These are great income-producing properties. James and his team in conjunction with our team here work with investors around the world to help you guys create passive income. As one of our top turnkey providers and partners in the Memphis market, they’ve now ventured out into building some new construction homes. They’ve built 23, 24 and they are ramping that up. That’s going to be a new thing that we’re introducing to you as well as on this Investment Tour. I don’t want to take all of James’ thunder. With that I want to welcome, James. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to From Zero to 35 Rentals in 4 Years – A Client Success Story. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Having a plan of action is one thing, but sticking to that plan is another. Most investors lose motivation when they see a task that is too big for them to do. But Anton Ivanov had a clear vision of his goals. When his tasks where bigger than he can handle, he broke it down to smaller pieces. Anton inherited a condo and became an accidental landlord but then saw that turnkey investments is great for starting investors who want to go out of state. Now he owns 35 rental units across four states that generates passive cash flow. Anton shares his stories of beginnings and how he got his confidence in the real estate investment world. — I have an interesting episode because I have a special guest, but he’s more than a guest. He’s actually a past client. This guy has really impressed me. The reason is because he set out to acquire real estate and build a portfolio. He set some goals and he made a plan. Not only did he execute on his plan but he stuck to it. He stuck to it in a way that he actually surprised me. I got an email with the subject line, “Just wanted to say a HUGE thanks.” I was a little taken aback. At first I thought, “It’s a spam email,” and I was about to delete it but then I recognized his name. I opened it up and he basically said, “I want to reach out to you just to say thank you for all your help, guidance and advice you’ve given me in the few years back. It’s been absolutely invaluable.” That’s literally “right from his email.” One thing led to another and I wanted to get him on the show here to share his experience and a little bit about him and how he got started and why he chose the path he chose and how he built his portfolio. Everybody’s got advice and some wisdom and knowledge and I figured it would be invaluable for a lot of people to learn from him. His name is Anton Ivanov. He is a real estate investor and an entrepreneur. He has built a 35-unit rental portfolio that’s spread out across four states. He lives in California, so these are not in California. He’s also the founder of an incredible app called DealCheck. It is dubbed the leading real estate analysis software and it is used by over 28,000 investors and agents to quickly analyze and compare investment properties. I actually was part of that beta test when he was developing it and it is excellent. I really enjoy using it and it’s outstanding. If you live off of an iPhone or a smart device, I really suggest putting that on your device because it’s useful. With that, I want to welcome Anton to the show. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Ken McElroy on The Economy, Finding Deals, Real Estate Myths, Property Management, and Achieving Goals Part 2. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cash flow can be generated in real estate with no tax, making it the best kind of investment. By looking at the potential of the property in ten years, improvements can be made to increase cash flow, cap rate, income and rate of return for investors. Ken McElroy, author of The ABCs Of Real Estate Investment, has always had a soft spot for home ownership. When people build homes, this equates to mortgage interest because the owners build equity on that home. Ken McElroy shares tips on getting your financial settings in real estate on track and staying on that course by simply starting small and in a neighborhood that you know. — This is Part 2 of my interview with Ken McElroy, Rich Dad Advisor. He’s a great guy, smart, full of wisdom, extremely successful. If you haven’t listened to the first episode with me and Ken, just listen to that episode. It’s number 95. We’re going to continue with Part 2 of my interview with Ken McElroy. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Ken McElroy on The Economy, Finding Deals, Real Estate Myths, Property Management, and Achieving Goals Part 1. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans can now retain both low income housing tax credit and private activity bonds with the new tax reform in act. This is a need that the government recognized so they created this tax break. Author of The ABCs Of Real Estate Investment, Ken McElroy deals with rental business but is a big fan of home ownership. While he understands why most investors look for good deals with low down payment, he does the complete opposite by finding rental demands in affluent areas because it will lead to less property management problems. Learn more on how you can start getting on track with you financial setting and how to stay on the course. — This episode is very exciting because I have a very special guest. A lot of you may know him. If you don’t, you’re going to get to know him. Ken McElroy is an extremely successful individual and one of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Advisors. We had a great interview, chock-full of nuggets and wisdom. I just want to take a moment to thank everybody for the success the show has had over the last two and a half years. We have over 500 five-star reviews on iTunes US. Every country has its own iTunes store, so it has its own review and rating system. This is just the US. In speaking of other countries, we are also heard in over 125 countries. Thank you to everybody from as far as Israel, Australia, the UK, Portugal, France, you name it. It’s because of you that the show is a success. The reason I do it is to help share information, wisdom and knowledge with you. Once again, I just want to say that we had an incredible 2017. It was our busiest year ever. We’re on track to make 2018 the same. We love helping real estate investors, people who are real estate investors or want to be real estate investors. If you’re one of those people that have been listening for a while, sitting on the fence, you’ve got some investable capital and you know you need to make a decision on your financial future, let us help you take it to the next level or let us help you get started. That’s what we’re here to do. Just schedule a free strategy session with one of our investment counselors. Have that initial 30 or 60-minute conversation to figure out where you are today, where you want to go, what is the plan and the path to get you there. We can take that roadmap and help you take it one step at a time to achieve those financial goals. It really just comes down to having a plan, executing that plan, and having a criteria that’s attached to it. It’s not that hard to do and we want to help you do it. In fact, I’m probably going to record a podcast episode about that topic. I will try to do that here in the very near future. Last but not least, I’ve been very busy looking at underwriting some syndication deals as well. I’ve looked at a number of them last year. Unfortunately, they just didn’t meet my criteria and my underwriting basically just punted it out the door. One of them took over three months to underwrite. What we have on the table right now for people who are either accredited or are not accredited but have a smaller amount of investment capital, I’m looking to put together syndicated or group investments of ten-pack or twenty-pack single-family homes. That’s something that I have started working on. However, I’m probably not going to release or announce that for a month or two. Two opportunities I’m working on actively right now and that actually is open to accredited investors are cannabis-related investments. Believe it or not, real estate does play into some of those opportunities. You would have to just reach out to me directly for that information and I would need to connect with you via email and/or phone before I can send you that information. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Exploring New Markets. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m going to do something a little bit different today. Recently, I was invited to be a guest on The Real Estate CPA show, which is hosted by Brandon Hall. If you recall, Brandon was a guest of mine on episode 90. That episode was titled Sheltering Your Rental Income from Taxes (and Other Tax Tips). Brandon is a sharp guy, a great investor, and CPA. He focuses on creative tax strategies but he’s really dialed into the whole tax scene and how to reduce your taxes as an investor. He invited me on his show and we had a great conversation about a lot of different things. Some of it is great review for investors and other questions that he had was great for virtually any investor listening in. I wanted to share that episode with you. I did get Brandon’s permission to re-air if you will that episode on my show. We talked about things like the biggest real estate investing myth, what drives different markets, and the market differences, how to choose a market. We talked about investing locally versus long distance, the macroeconomic factors in selecting a market and there are four of them. Those are good to know. The three kinds of markets at a spectrum, there are three categorizations for that. Different types of neighborhoods, what is an A, B, and C classification for a neighborhood. This is really what I tell people when I’m doing a live presentation. It’s some good material and a few other things. It’s a great interview and I wanted to share that with you. Without any further delay, I’m going to let that roll. Hopefully, you enjoy it and we will see you again next week. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Investing in Houston, Texas (and Hurricane Harvey). Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to another episode where we’re going to talk about the Houston, Texas market. One thing that we’ve been getting asked a little bit about recently is the effects of Hurricane Harvey. As you know, Hurricane Harvey ripped through the Caribbean and beat up some of the islands down there and hit the coast pretty hard. However, the good news is that there was no bad news. We haven’t heard from any one of our clients that had invested in the Houston market reporting any kind of flooding or damage. That’s a good thing. There’s really one key reason why that was, and we’re going to talk about that today with my guest, Bryan. Houston is an interesting city. We’ve been there for many, many years. We’ve had a lot of happy clients and success there because it’s such an incredibly diverse and progressive city. It’s the nation’s fourth largest city, growing fast. It’s known as the city of infinite possibilities. It’s quickly approaching six million residents, that’s more than 32 states and it just continues to grow. Strong jobs, strong population growth, a friendly business climate, lots of cheap land to build on, it’s just a great market. Coupled with all that, we have a lot of what we refer to as STEM jobs. STEM meaning science, technology, engineering and math. When you have jobs in the STEM field, what you have are high paying jobs. Roughly 6% of employment in Houston is held by STEM job holders. That adds to equality rental pool, that just means more stable tenants. Houston is drawing businesses in from everywhere as well as new residents. These are not only people who are looking to buy and live there, but also people who are tenants. That’s good for you and I as landlords. That’s what we’re going to talk about today. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Passive Income with Syndications – Mauricio Rauld. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robert Kiyosaki once said, “Finding good partners is the key to success in anything: in business, in marriage and especially in investing.” On this show, we talk a lot about passive income and passive investments and how to create wealth through those vehicles, especially real estate. What about partnerships or syndications? Today, I want to explore the world of investment partnerships, they’re also known as syndications, and how you can potentially participate and profit from them as well. What is a syndication? In its simplest form, a syndication is just a pooling of investor money where the investor is typically a passive limited partner. The other partner to the deal is really a general partner or an active partner. That’s the person that puts the deal together. They manage the business plan. They provide the return and the benefits to all investors. You’ll hear general partner or GP often. They’re also referred to as the syndicate or the sponsor. These terms are used interchangeably. At the end of the day, a syndication is nothing but a group investment. It’s a pooling of investment capital to put into an investment opportunity that is managed by a syndicator. We have an amazing guest on today’s show, someone who I’m getting know quite well. In fact I’m meeting him for lunch here in a couple of weeks. We had a great opportunity to get to know each other recently. His name is Mauricio Rauld. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Deferring Taxes for Decades (and the Dangers of 1031 Exchanges). Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I just got back from Memphis, Tennessee where I had a great three days there. We had a two-day event. The first day was all about education, getting to know new things about things related to real estate and real estate investing and taxes and whatnot. Then we had a great networking event that evening where I got the opportunity to meet a lot of investors from all around. In fact, we had one person there from Australia, we had a couple there from Hawaii, and it was fun. These people are there to learn and they’re people who listen to this podcast and it was just a lot of fun to meet people who listen to and from their drive to work. It’s great to put faces and names to people who are out there listening and educating themselves, learning to better their financial future and create financial freedom for themselves. That first day was all about education, the evening was all networking. We got to sit around and have something to eat and have a few drinks and just overlook the Mississippi River. It was just a great time. The second day was all about a property tour. We got to go around the Memphis market, learn about various neighborhoods, get to see properties at different stages of the game; some being pre-renovation, some of them being in the middle of renovation, some of them having completed renovation. It was an exciting event. Then we had some more networking after that. It was great two and a half days of mingling and meeting other real estate investors. One of the things we got talking about there was taxes and taxation and whatnot. The question comes up, “Why do people hate paying taxes?” One reason is because they just simply don’t understand them. Albert Einstein said, “The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” Aside from that, we just simply don’t like to pay any more than we have to. Some people feel that there is an obligation to pay, but at the same time I think you have an obligation to learn how to reduce, minimize or even eliminate the taxes that you pay when the opportunity is there. The thing is you may not know what opportunities exist because it’s just a simple matter of honest ignorance. I always say that ignorance is expensive, but knowledge leads to increased wealth and the ability to lower your taxes. If you don’t, you would think that your tax adviser would be well-educated on this stuff, but that’s just simply not the case as you’re going to learn today with my guest Bruce Jones. I had a great interview with Bruce. Something that he’s going to share a few things actually are things that I’ve looked at in the past but never quite completely grasped because it’s just what most financial planners and advisers don’t really know or understand. This is a great episode and there’s some stuff that we’re going to talk about today that might go over your head. Don’t let that get you lost just because we’re getting deep in the weeds. You could always go back and listen to this episode over again, or better yet, you can just contact Bruce and his team and learn more about it. It’s just free education. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Sheltering Your Rental Income from Taxes. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Before we get on our show here, I want to remind you about our upcoming Memphis Investment and Property Tour that will be on October 6th and October 7th. It’s a Friday, Saturday. This is a great event. If you can make it, get in touch with our investment counselors here. We are offering free tickets, the tickets are normally $450, and we would love to see you and maybe your spouse down there or your business partner. What we are doing is hosting a unique event in Memphis, Tennessee. It will be a weekend of property tours, speakers and networking mixed with a little Memphis culture. Not only will you see great investment properties but the first full day is where we’re bringing together speakers from all over to address various aspects of today’s real estate investing. That’s going to be a breadth of information and topics. We would love to have you down there and see what we have going on in that great market. Again, this is October 6th and 7th. You can come in as early as Thursday, October 5th. I’m not sure if we have an event on Thursday but we definitely have an event going on on Friday evening. It’s a dinner and a networking mixer. Saturday is open-ended on Saturday evening so we can do whatever we want to do unless you want to fly out that night, but I think a lot of people are going to fly out on Sunday. Contact our office or send us an email through our website at NoradaRealEstate.com and we’ll tell you more about it. Today’s episode is about sheltering your rental income from taxes and maybe some other tax tips. When it comes to taxes, I pay my taxes, it’s not my favorite thing to do, but it’s something we just all have to come to grips with. Paying taxes just seems to be part of the American life now and ever since the Income Tax Act of 1913, there’s really no way around it. There’s a lot of code in the tax code. Unfortunately, you have to pay your taxes for any types of income you make. Fortunately, the US Tax Code has many, many rules that allow rental property owners to reduce their taxes and save money. If you own property, it’s a huge part of your tax strategy because it is the most tax-favored investment that you can get your hands on, that you can put your investment capital into, and the IRS rewards this type of behavior. If you don’t have property, you really should have some because the tax benefits are fantastic. I’m not a tax professional or a CPA but I do know many people who are tax advisors and specialists in that area and the fact that they are in the niche, that they deal with real estate investors, that really helps in helping educate you through this podcast, through articles as well as clients because we can put you in touch with them to minimize your tax impact or defer that taxable impact or in some cases, even eliminate completely and forever the tax impact of your income. Our show today is about sheltering and reducing your rental income from taxes. I have a great guest on who is a very, very sharp individual, so just stay tuned. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to >Investing in Memphis and Our Upcoming Property Tour Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I want to just say thanks for your patience. I've been away for about eight weeks. I haven't done an episode in almost two months. The reason for that is because I've been traveling extensively here for actually the whole year but mostly throughout the summer. I spent about two and a half weeks traveling through Italy and up to Paris. That was a family vacation. The rest has been all business related. I've been traveling everywhere from Kansas City to Dallas to China. I actually just got back from Shanghai, which was just an amazing trip. I might talk a little bit more about that in my next episode because it's quite fascinating what is going on in terms of investment capital and foreign investment in the US. Aside from that, I plan to get back on a weekly recording schedule here as best as I can. I still have a lot of travel coming up here over the course of this month and the rest of the year. I'll do my best to continue to deliver content and bring on some great guests. In the meantime, I want to announce something that we haven’t done for a long, long time and we rarely do, and that is a combination of an educational seminar/property tour where you can actually just kick the dirt and walk around and see various properties in a market at different stages of development; from acquisition to demolition to renovation through to completion, so you can see everything that gets done, who’s doing it and how it gets done. That’s combined with some amazing speakers, everything from finance to 1031s and whatnot. That’s all packed in about a day and a half. It won’t be a long drawn out four-day event. It will be short, sweet, you come in on one day, you have a day and a half of networking and education and property visiting. Then you could leave in the second half of that day or the following day. That’s what this episode is about. It’s investing in Memphis, Tennessee and some information about our upcoming property tour. I have a great guest. He’s one of our team members out in the local market. He knows the market very well. Memphis has been a great market for us. It always has been. It’s a perennial market. It’s very strong. The real estate market there in Memphis continues to grow. It has been what I call a perennial cashflow market. You don’t see wild fluctuations and appreciation. They’re strong, steady, stable rates of return in cashflow. If that’s what you’re looking for, it’s a perfect market because it’s got everything you could possibly want aside from hypergrowth in terms of price appreciation. We don’t have an inflated market but we do have what a lot of investors want, and that is solid, steady, consistent income and rates of return. We're going to dive into that and bring on James, our partner here. Stay tuned. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to >Daniel Amerman – Inflation, Deflation, Debt and the Coming Housing Crash? | PREI 088; (Edit)">Daniel Amerman – Inflation, Deflation, Debt and the Coming Housing Crash? Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vladimir Lenin once said the way to crush the middle class is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation. It’s true, and it’s happening. Inflation and Real Estate Investors Financial industry insiders talk about monetary policy issued by central banks, exchange rate policies, and inflation rates, most of which are not fully understood – and are completely ignored – by the general public. What you need to know is that the odds are stacked against real estate investors in a more comprehensive and complicated way than most people are aware. The Advantages of Understanding Inflation Theory The good news is that, when you’re armed with this knowledge, you gain the ability to not only protect yourself from cost-push inflation and demand-pull inflation, but to also find new sources of wealth in unexpected places. The real return associated with these sometimes counterintuitive sources of wealth can be substantial because they work with the underlying flow of wealth rather than against it, notwithstanding the current monetary policy in place. How Inflation Rates Affect Real Estate Investors If you don’t understand inflation theory, stay tuned, because our guest today is going to dive into this with me. It’s something that will be an eye-opener for you and possibly even a paradigm shift. I strongly believe that understanding the three forces of asset deflation, monetary inflation, and taxes for inflation will be the single, most important thing you can do to protect and improve your standard of living over the long-term, whether there is price stability or not. I believe these forces will be the primary determinants of real financial success for investors in the decades ahead and that those who fail to understand these forces of economy will be a great risk in the future. Join me on this amazing interview with one of the smartest guys I know on the subject. It’s an episode you’ll want to listen more than once, so don’t go away. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Millionaire Success Habits: The Gateway to Wealth & Prosperity – Dean Graziosi. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The success habits of millionaires set them apart from everyone else. This is not to say that they are born with these habits, but they have perfected them. Learning them can also give you the success they worked hard for. Want to find out what millionaires do differently, and how their success habits have made them who they are today? Listen to the podcast, or read our outline below, and follow along with Dean Graziosi for valuable tips for building your wealth. Success Habits You Must Develop Inspiration for Success Success does not come from nowhere and neither does the inspiration for it. If you are lucky, you may have already found the reason why you keep doing what you do. For some, this inspiration is yet to come. Inspiration is important because it’s the thing you hold onto during the long road to success. It comes in many forms: life experiences, encounters, books, certain events, and, for most people, a successful person. We have a very special show today and an incredible guest, someone who I’ve been looking to get on the show for a while now. About three months ago at one of my Mastermind meetings, I had the opportunity to sit down and meet with him. We got talking about his new book and habits and whatnot. I asked him to come on the show. It took me a while to get him on the show because he’s always traveling and he’s got a busy schedule. We’re going to talk about his new book and habits and some amazing content here today. Habits of Success and the Success of Habits One thing about habits I want to say is that habits are the basis of your success, and they could also be the basis of your downfall. Despite the importance of habits, few people know much about them or even how they work. Habits are thought about negatively — usually they relate to gambling habits or drug habits — but there are a lot of good habits and things that we should incorporate into our lives, such as exercising regularly or how we think or meditate or what we do and what we eat and how we treat our friends and our family. The magic of habit lies in its repeatability. By consciously and continuously exercising such habits, we form the core and foundation of the success we dream of having. To be aware of our habits and how powerful they are and what subtle changes we can do to affect the trajectory and the path of where we’re doing is just an amazing thing. I have an amazing guest today. Please stay tuned, right to the very end. He’s got a great offer for you. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to How to Properly Interview and Hire Your Property Manager. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hiring a real estate property manager is an essential component of maintaining a property and its value in the market (not to mention attracting good tenants). If you’re a property owner who is busy, owns several properties, or owns out-of-state real estate investments, you will certainly benefit from hiring a professional property manager. Why Should You Hire a Property Manager? Finding a reliable property manager who can efficiently handle the day-to-day management, maintenance, and repairs of your investment property, conduct tenant screening and rent collection, and stay on top of landlord-tenant law changes is absolutely essential. It’s not only for peace of mind but also to ensure the maximum market value of the rental property. What Does a Property Manager Do? A property manager’s job description includes taking care of all the details and busy work so you can focus on growing your real estate investments. Having a good property management company on your side goes a long way to ensuring easy, profitable, and stress-free investing. It can bring you hassle-free rentals and property maintenance while optimizing your cash flow and your return on investment. What Should You Look for in a Property Manager? It’s important that the property manager, the company, and the overall business ethics inspire confidence and trust in you so you’re completely comfortable in assigning the property over to them. I often refer to residential property managers as asset managers because if you stop and think about it, it’s not just the property that they’re managing, it’s really your assets. My guest and I will talk about some of the things that you should look for when you’re interviewing or hiring your property manager. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Why Should You Invest in Alabama? (Huntsville, Montgomery and Birmingham). Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a special show today because we’re going to do another market spotlight. Today, we’re going to talk about why you should invest in Alabama. In fact, there are actually three great markets to consider in Alabama. To discuss why you should invest in Alabama and these markets, I wanted to bring on one of my local market providers. He is a great guy, very knowledgeable. His name is Jared. Him and I were down at the IMN event in Florida a couple of months ago. He was on one of the panels, as was I on a separate panel. I really enjoyed listening to him talk because he is such a knowledgeable person. He’s very detailed, analytical; he really digs into the markets and market timing and trends and the economics and fundamentals. He understands why a market makes sense from many levels. I could literally listen to him all day long. Then I thought, “We work together, and we have a property in Huntsville, Montgomery and Birmingham in Alabama. Why don’t we just do a podcast episode and talk about these markets and why they make sense? Then you can take it from there.” If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Home Inspections: What You Need to Know. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we’re going to talk about properly inspecting your rental properties before you buy them or even after you’ve purchased them. All of our clients at Norada Real Estate, we insist that they order a professional home inspection as part of their due diligence after they put a property under contract. That’s true for every single property they buy. Why? Because it’s important that you know the condition of the property and if there are any issues or red flags. There are still some amount of education that goes around this topic of home inspections. I wanted to bring on a professional, someone who really knows not only the industry, but the nuts and bolts of doing the actual inspections. My guest today is a gentleman named Tim Tucker. He’s with US Inspect. Tim is the Director of Business Development for US Inspect. They are the nation’s leading employee-based inspection services firm. They’re headquartered in Northern Virginia, but they have a very large network of inspection teams nationwide. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to What Clients Want to Know… Marco Santarelli on the Other Side of the Mic. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we are doing something a little different. We are having one of Norada’s newer active clients interview Marco Santarelli with some common, and not-so-common questions. Be sure to listen for some history, thought provoking questions, and motivation to pull the trigger or keep the momentum going for yourself. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to The Effect of World Events on Your U.S. Real Estate – Lior Gantz. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I just got back from IMN’s 5th Annual Single Family Rental Investment Forum in Miami, Florida. I was on a panel there speaking. What I enjoy about these events is that I get to network with people from all around the country and even out of the country and talk about the future of real estate investing, what is happening in the markets, the tightening of inventory, the growing rental pool, the effects of policy, monetary and fiscal, as well as geopolitical events. There’s just a mixed bag of topics. It’s all fascinating. This is a good segue into today’s show. Sometimes I talk to you about tactical items, whether it be asset protection or evaluating a neighborhood or finding a good deal. But you need to counter that with understanding some strategic related topics. It’s good to understand the tactical side of things, but it’s also good to understand the bigger picture, the strategic items, things that can or will affect your real estate investing, the strategy you have, where you invest, when you invest, that kind of stuff. Today’s show is more about macroeconomic stuff. We’re bouncing all over the place talking about different subjects but they all tie in. It’s good to have that big picture, 50,000 foot level view, of your real estate investing. It doesn’t matter whether you don’t have property yet or you only have one property or maybe you have a large portfolio of a hundred units. It doesn’t matter. You just need to understand this even if it’s at a high level. Thomas Friedman, he is a US journalist but he’s really an author and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He’s a very smart guy. He’s written many books on the subject of world events, economics, geopolitics, and how that all plays into the US economy. I like one of his quotes. He said, “In Globalization 1.0, which began in 1492, the world went from the size large to size medium. In Globalization 2.0, the era that introduced us to multinational companies, it went from size medium to size small. Then somewhere around the year 2000 came Globalization 3.0. At that point, the world went from being small to tiny.” You can see that the smaller the world gets, the more we are affected and impacted by events that happen outside of our borders. All real estate may be local but that doesn’t necessarily shield one market from major events occurring thousands of miles away. In today’s global economy, important geopolitical events have consequences that can easily ripple across the planet. It can and will affect you. Election results, economic policies and international relations all have spillover effects on global real estate, whether directly or indirectly. These create incentives for buyers to be drawn toward or even repelled from various geographic markets. You’ve got to watch these bigger picture items because it can give you clues as to when or why to move into a market or when or why to move out of particular markets. Some factors are purely financial in nature, like changes in currency values or tax treatments. For example, the provincial government of British Columbia in Canada imposed a 15% tax on foreign investment last August. That’s a law that would have added $300,000 to the price of a $2 million home in the Vancouver market. We all know that Vancouver is very, very expensive. It’s much like the San Francisco market here in the US. There are many parallels to that. There’s a lot of investment capital coming in from other countries, foreign capital. As a result of this tax, house prices in the area fell 5.3% in November and that’s the largest monthly decline since 2012. From January 2016 to January 2017, house prices in Vancouver fell a whopping 18.9%, that’s almost 19% in one year. It reduced the foreign investment rate from 13% prior to August of last year to a low of about 4% right now. The foreign investment capital has dried up considerably and that lack of demand, that lack of capital has let prices slide in the Vancouver market. They’re really seeing a correction right now. Other policies that may make destinations less or more appealing by easing or restricting immigration, that’s one thing. Cross-border trade is another thing. In worst case scenarios, geopolitical events can escalate into full-fledged military conflicts and that could displace entire communities and endanger lives. By nearly any standard, 2016 was extraordinary. There were a lot of events going on politically, starting with Great Britain’s Brexit vote and then that rippled through major elections across Europe and the United States. Populism has been turning the status quo upside down. While it may be tempting to view populism as a rigid and inflexible movement extending across borders, this would be an oversimplification of the various forces that play in each election. It would encourage faulty assumptions about how developments may unfold in 2017 and beyond. Donald Trump may have earned his fortune in real estate, but his broader policy positions and their implications o

When it comes to real estate investing, most financial advisors shake their heads. But the financial services industry has turned itself into such a complex machine. It has caused confusion, encouraged mistakes, and justified hefty fees. And all for the benefit of its own bottom line. That reminds me of a quote from Donald Trump. He said, “Sometimes, your best investments are actually the ones you don’t make.” What Most Financial Advisors Don’t Want Investors to Know About Real Estate In this article: What Investors Need to Know about the Financial Services Industry What a Financial Advisor and a Real Estate Investor Says How Brent Sutherland Began His Career as an Investor What’s So Good about Having Real Estate Investment Property Why Investors Need Better Financial Education Why Financial Advisors Don’t Include Real Estate in Your Investment Strategy Income Diversification vs. Portfolio Diversification Why Investors Need to Diversify Their Income More than Their Portfolio Investors and Planning for Retirement Risks You Have to Look Out for as a Real Estate Investor Where Can Real Estate Investors Find a Financial Advisor They Can Trust? What Investors Need to Know about the Financial Services Industry Many financial advisors will discourage you from trying your hand at real estate investing. They’d say that the real estate market is volatile. It’s hard to find a real estate agent you can trust. And how do you plan to manage the day-to-day operations of your investment property? But the thing is they have little education in real estate. They don’t know how to find, buy, and manage investment properties. If you’re interested in residential or commercial real estate, speak with someone who knows his way around the industry. What a Financial Advisor and a Real Estate Investor Says Today’s show is about financial advice, financial planners, Wall Street and—really—who do you believe? My guest today is Brent Sutherland from Ntellivest. Brent has worked in financial services for over 11 years, both in the corporate accounting and investment world. He has a boutique financial planning business today. His goal is to help you turn off the noise and challenge the traditional approach to financial planning and thinking. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Think and Grow Rich for Real Estate Investors. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Think and Grow Rich is one of those books you see most often on the recommended reading list of people who have achieved really great things. The book was written by the commission of Andrew Carnegie. Based on interviews of over 500 people in history who now we know as great men in the early 20th century, he’s commissioned this book. He interviewed people, such as Henry Ford, J.P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Wilbur Wright, Howard Taft. This book is amazing. I read it so long ago. It was first published in 1937. It has sold more than 70 million copies. It gives it the distinction of being the all-time best-seller in the personal success category. Today’s episode is about Think and Grow Rich for real estate investors. The perfect person to bring on for this is a person who I know and respect, a friend of mine. His name is Mani Vaya. Mani is the founder of 2000Books.com where he interviews some of today’s top authors. Over the last five years, Mani has read over 1,000 books in the field of business and personal development. Get this, over the last few years, he has been reading seven books a week, which basically averages out to one book per day. The first book that revolutionized his thinking was Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich. As a real estate investor, it made sense to bring him on to talk about the book and how it ties in with real estate investing. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Proper Estate Planning for Real Estate Investors. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s a quote by Ambrose Bierce, “Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate.” With this quote from this journalist and writer, today’s show is about proper estate planning for real estate investors. This is something I’ve been wanting to do for a while because I’ve realized it’s a little bit of a gap in the content that I’ve been putting out. Today, I brought on a guest who I found out about through a friend of mine. His name is Jules Martin Haas. He is a New York City based lawyer who provides clients with legal representation in various areas of law including real estate, trusts and estates, probate estate planning, and business law. With that amount of over regulation that we have out today, it’s very important to have a good attorney. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Rental Income Protection – Sky Mikesell. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we have an interesting topic. It’s about how to protect your rental income. I have worked with this person for quite a while and I wanted to bring him on the show because he has actually been part of a new company that is offering a rental income product. It might be something of great interest to you, especially depending on the size of your portfolio and where it’s located. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Wealth, Wall Street and Real Assets with Buck Joffrey. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s show is about wealth, Wall Street and real assets. I’ve brought Dr. Buck Joffrey on to the show to talk about this. Buck knows the old mantra of, “Investing in a diversified portfolio of stocks, bonds and mutual funds,” is simply outdated and dangerous, especially, for high paid professionals given the instability and the volatility in the markets today. He advocates entrepreneurship and investing, especially in hard assets and those that provide cashflow because that’s really the reliable way and the approach to building solid personal finance. I’m in line with his thinking and what he advocates. I want to get him on the show to talk about his perspective on these things. It was an interesting conversation, so I think you’ll thoroughly enjoy it. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to The Real Estate Investor Ladder of Success – Trevor McGregor. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we have a very special show. It is not specifically about real estate per se, but it is tied to real estate investing, the psychology of it, and how you can be more successful in your real estate investing. I brought on someone who I truly admire, who I met back in Denver about three or four weeks ago. We were both speaking at an event, Joe Fairless’ Best Ever Real Estate Investing Conference. I was really impressed by Trevor McGregor, who is a Master Coach. Trevor has completed well over 10,000 coaching hours. He’s worked with hundreds of clients from around the world to achieve success and fulfillment, including Fortune 500 executives, entrepreneurs, real estate investors and world class professionals. His mission is to assist others to achieve better health and more wealth and freedom and contribution than they ever thought possible. This really resonated with me. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Understanding Neighborhood Trends and Forecasting Property Values. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, we have a special guest. He actually has been on our show before back in show number 35. I am bringing him back on today because he’s got some updates to share with us. This show is about things like forecasting property values, looking at appreciation trends and forecasts. My guest today is Dr. Andrew Schiller. Dr. Schiller is the founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Location Inc. He is responsible for inventing the search and neighborhood matching algorithms that powers Neighborhood Scout, which has been covered by CNN, Bloomberg Business and The Wall Street Journal among others. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to How to Stay Inspired and Driven – John Lee Dumas. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to Passive Real Estate Investing. I’m your host, Marco Santarelli. On today’s show, I was able to get John Lee Dumas on for about fifteen minutes. Now, it was a relatively quick and somewhat rushed interview but I was fortunate to get him on. He’s a very busy guy. He does a daily podcast with some of the most successful business entrepreneurs. If you’re in business, you can learn a lot from his show, although I have a lot of trouble keeping up with seven episodes a week. One thing that came out of this interview with John is his passion and that’s one thing that came through. We talked about it for a little bit. It seems that as he failed in his journey, it was because of a lack of passion. As I look around at other people, I see that people who are just getting by or coasting in life seem to have lack of desire, lack of passion, lack of drive and their just not inspired. It blows me away. I used to think that it’s because people don’t actually write meaningful, smart, specific goals. But I think there’s more to it than that. I think it all starts with a desire and a passion to get something done or achieve or accomplish something greater. It’s an interesting interview, as short as it is. But a few things about passion in itself, I had to look up the definition of passion and figure out what exactly does that mean. But really, passion is the energy that keeps us going. It fills us with meaning and happiness and excitement and anticipation. Passion is a powerful force, like energy. It motivates us and moves us in accomplishing anything that you set your mind to. This can be in work, in life. It helps you to enjoy life to the fullest extent possible. Ultimately, passion is the driving force behind success and happiness that allows us all to live better lives. I love quotes. I should start more reading quotes actually. There are some really good quotes out there related to passion. From Benjamin Franklin, for example: “If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.” Jean-Paul Sartre: “We must act out of passion before we can feel it.” That’s very interesting. Barbara Corcoran from Shark Tank: “You can’t fake passion.” T.S. Elliot: “It is obvious that we can no more explain our passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.” The famous singer Jon Bon Jovi said: “Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.” Mia Hamm said: “If you don’t love what you do, you won’t do it with much conviction or passion.” One of my personal favorites here is a quote on passion from a man who clearly had way more talent than he claims in his quote. He says: “I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” That was Albert Einstein. The passion you have for something really determines not only how successful you will be at it but also how far you’re willing to go to get to where you want to be. Think about that. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to New Construction Fourplexes in US Growth Markets. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, I talk to Steven, one of our providers at Norada Real Estate. They focus on brand new construction fourplexes in growth markets in the United States. He discusses this niche in detail, as well as the three main growth markets that they are working in. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to 10 Lessons Learned From 100 Successful Real Estate Investors. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, I talk to Dan Lane, host of the Rental Income Podcast where he has interviewed to over 100 successful real estate investors. He has compiled 10 of his most important lessons learned from all of these interviews, and we go through each of them today. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Rich Dad Poor Dad Book Summary. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, I will be giving you a summary of Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad Poor Dad book. This is a famous book that has been mentioned in past episodes several times, but just in passing. This book changed and influenced the lives of a lot of people, myself included. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Ask Marco – Is It a Peak Market? | When Should I Buy? | Avoiding Failures. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode I take some listener questions related to market timing and a “peak” market. I also discuss the best time to buy rental properties, and how to avoid making mistakes leading to investment failures. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to What To Expect When Buying A Turnkey Rental Property. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show, I have one of my senior investment counselors, Steve. And we will talk about what to expect when buying a turnkey rental property. We answer a lot of frequently asked questions here. All of our clients, whether they’re new or fully seasoned investors, have certain questions and expectations. They all want to know what the next step is, what to do at a certain point, what to do in certain situations, and how to move the deal along. We have certain answers for all these situations. Turnkey Rental Property Investments | What You Need to Know In this article: Turnkey Real Estate Investing Basics hat Real Estate Investors Need to Do What is a Turnkey Property? Appraisals in Turnkey Real Estate Investing Inspections and What to Expect with Them Three Types of Repairs Turnkey Investment Properties and Repairs Turnkey Property Investment Closing Timeline How to Communicate with Service Providers What to Expect with the Lease Status of a Turnkey Investment Property How to Select a Turnkey Property Investment Your Responsibilities as a Turnkey Property Investor What Does a Real Estate Investment Counselor Do? How Norada Real Estate Gets Compensated Turnkey Real Estate Investing Basics Turnkey investment properties aren’t a set-and-forget kind of deal. Some people think they can “flip” a rental property and have it move-in ready after a week of repairs. That’s not always true. Turn-key real estate is a long-term investment. It’s for those looking to build their passive income over time. If you want to keep things smooth, you’ll have to learn how to build a long-term relationship with appraisers, inspectors, turn-key property management firms, and other providers. What Real Estate Investors Need to Do New real estate investors think they don’t have to do anything to make passive income. That couldn’t be any less true. When you’re looking at turn-key property, you need to understand that you have responsibilities as an investor. This is the key to generating real wealth in real estate. In this episode, we’ll talk about your expectations as a turnkey property investor. We’ll also discuss your roles and responsibilities. And we’ll talk about the best ways for you to engage with a turnkey company to help you make the most out of your investments. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to How Trump’s Presidency Could Affect Real Estate Investing. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In less than two weeks, we have president-elect Donald Trump taking over the Oval Office. What will that mean to us? How is that going to change the environment? How will Trump’s presidency affect real estate investing? On today’s episode we talk with Greg Rand about how Trump’s presidency might affect the real estate investing industry. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to 5 Mindset Myths That Are Killing Your Wealth Potential. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we’re going to talk about five of the most common myths, mindset myths that are holding us back. You might not even realize that you believe certain things or are not doing what you should be doing because of this deeply ingrained, indoctrinated belief system that we have. On today’s episode we want to talk about some myths that are holding you back and killing your wealth potential. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to How to Choose the Best Market for Your Real Estate Investment. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Successful real estate investing relies on several factors, but as the old adage goes, “location, location, location” is top of the list. But “location” is a broad term, and evaluating the right place to invest your dollars in real estate means identifying the right market in both the macro and micro senses. On today’s episode we talk about the factors that make up a good market for your investment dollars. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to A Wealth Capture Machine. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we speak with M.C. Laubscher about a not-so-new concept of how to be your own bank. M.C. Laubscher is a wealth strategist, educator, and financial freedom fighter. He is the founder and president of Valhalla Wealth Financial. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to Leveraging Hidden Assets. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we talk about some of the hidden assets you may not be aware of, and how you might be able to put them to better use and get a higher yield. It’s a quick episode but a topic an important topic to consider. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to How to Pay Less in Taxes. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to succeed in real estate, your tax strategy will play a HUGE role in how fast you grow. A great tax strategy can save you thousands of dollars a year — and a bad strategy could land you in legal trouble. On today’s episode we discuss some ways to maximize your tax deductions, Little known secrets to take control of your retirement money, clever ways to write off your kids, and so much more. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to the Maverick Mistakes in Real Estate Investing. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Born with an entrepreneurial spirit Damion started his first business at age 11, has started 30 since then, and is the published author of 5 books. Damian paid for his first rental house with a VISA, then over next 5 years bought 150 houses across 7 states, and went through a $20,000,000 meltdown in 2008. Damian’s personal philosophy combined with a love of financial markets and money psychology drove him to start the Austin-based financial-tech company, Total Control Financial in 2016. His aim was to disrupt wall street and empower main street. On today’s episode we discuss some of the messes and misfortunes Damion made as a real estate investor. What can we learn from his experience? Let’s find out, and enjoy our other interesting tangents of discussion. If you missed our last episode, be sure to listen to the Ask Marco: Asset Protection, Holding Title, Closing Dates. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we respond to some listen questions about asset protection and how I like to structure my asset protection plan. As well as how to hold title and use a client as an example scenario. And a quick look at closing dates and what to expect in practice. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to the Listener Questions / Jacksonville Update. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we briefly revisit Jacksonville, Florida to look at some new pre-construction investment opportunities. I also answer several listener questions about getting started, property tax rates as an out-of-state investor, and whether a cash-out refinance on a principal residence makes sense. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to the Market Spotlight: Little Rock, Arkansas. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode we take a look at the great “under the radar” market of Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock has a great economy, and terrific number in terms of purchasing and rates of return. It’s also one of the most landlord friendly states in the country with average eviction times of only 21 days! Why invest in Little Rock, AK? What is the local economy like? What is the local housing market like? What is the local rental market like? What are the typical turnkey rental properties like in Little Rock? If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to the Investing in Turnkey Properties — My Journey, Setbacks and Advice. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode I share my journey investing in rental real estate from my early start at the age of 18, through my trials and tribulations, to where I am today. We should all learn from our past experiences, good and bad, because they provide us knowledge and the wisdom to improve and do better as we go. Regardless of where you are in your investing journey, I encourage you to listen in, and feel free to share your story with us. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to the Indianapolis Update and Listener Questions. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s show we speak with one of our local Indianapolis market experts and property provider about the growth and opportunities in the Indianapolis market. We have some news and updates from our Indianapolis market spotlight early this year. I also answer several listener questions, and talk about leveraging your existing equity to build a larger portfolio with more cash flow. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to Pros and Cons of Rehabbing and Flipping – Matty Aitchison. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matty Aitchison is a millennial entrepreneur, real estate investor, and wealth building evangelist who has had great success following his turbulent start. Ranked in the Wall Street Journal’s Top 1000 for real estate teams nationwide, Matt has personally flipped over 100 houses in 5 years, and now passionately mentor others on their journey of unlocking a rich and fulfilling life. Listen in as Matty and I discuss the pros and cons of rehabbing and flipping properties. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to The Four Real Estate Market Cycles. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In order to make profitable investments, it’s vital for investors to understand the four real estate market cycles because they directly affect the price of the properties you may want to consider, or the properties you currently own. If you missed last week’s episode, be sure to listen to The Wealth Creation Formula. Enjoy the show! – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Download your FREE copy of: The Ultimate Guide to Passive Real Estate Investing. Get your FREE coffee mug by leaving us a Rating and Review on iTunes. Here’s how. See our available Turnkey Cash-Flow Rental Properties. Please give us a RATING & REVIEW (Thank you!) SUBSCRIBE on iTunes | Stitcher | Podcast Feed Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices