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Investing for Cash Flow vs. Appreciation — Which is Better?
Most people know that there are two core ways you can harvest a return on your investment when you buy real estate — cash flow or appreciation. Ideally, an investment property will produce both, but nearly every investor comes to a crossroads where they have to pick which one...
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How to Buy Rental Property Sight-Unseen
It sounds scary, right? Committing to something as significant as a real estate purchase — often with a large mortgage — and you have never even seen the property. Yet busy professionals who don’t have time to jet around the country looking at potential investment properties do it all the...
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How to Do “Due Diligence” on a Rental Property, in 3 Easy Steps
“Do your due diligence!” If you have heard it once, you have heard it a million times — often from someone who has never done “due diligence” in their lives. It sounds good, but no one ever stops to think about how unhelpful that platitude is. Okay … I...
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Expenses of Running a Rental Property — a Cheat Sheet
Many people make big mistakes when they try to determine the cash flow potential of a rental property. Basically, they think that if the market rent for the house is higher than the mortgage, they’re in the money. It’s not that easy. If it were, anybody could do it....
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The Fed is Raising Interest Rates … What Now for the Real Estate Market?
We’ve enjoyed bottom-of-the-barrel interest rates for years, but that may be about to change. The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by a quarter-point last month, and we expect that to be the first of at least three interest rate hikes to happen this year. So is the...
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Is the 30-Year Mortgage Worth It? (The Answer May Surprise You)
In the era of bitcoin, everyone wants to be a disruptor — an iconoclast that tears down the old and ushers in the new. That’s how people become billionaires — right? In that kind of entrepreneurial environment, the 30-year mortgage seems like a dinosaur. “Thirty-year fixed rate?! That’s what...
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Can I Buy Real Estate with my IRA or 401(k)?
“Can I Buy Real Estate with my IRA or 401(k)?” If you ask a traditional financial planner, they will probably say “no.” Not unless you buy a share of a REIT … which they can sell you for a fee or commission. What a coincidence. Surprise surprise — this is...
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Real Estate vs. The Stock Market — A One-Two Punch
What’s a better investment — real estate or the stock market? I bet your financial advisor has an opinion … especially if (s)he gets a commission or fee for selling you stocks and managing market funds. Still, the numbers are stark, and Wall Street isn’t afraid to throw them...
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The Best Real Estate Strategy for Periods of High Inflation
Inflation is at the tip of everyone’s tongue — from financial professionals to ordinary Americans feeling pain at the pump and the grocery store. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 7.5% rise in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in January, the highest in 50 years. Compare that to...
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5 Reasons to Buy An Investment Property Instead of Your Own Home
“When are you going to stop renting and buy?” The plaintive refrain of Boomer parents everywhere. They’re not entirely wrong. Real estate is a good investment … But does it have to be your home? Homeownership isn’t right for every person every time. For Millennials and Zoomers who aren’t ready...
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Why Depreciation is a Landlord’s Best Friend
If you invest in rental property, one of the biggest advantages you have is depreciation. You may have heard of some of the “tax advantages” of real estate investing. Now, the US tax code is over 60,000 pages long. Even CPAs don’t know every word of it. But one part...
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Drastic Increases to the Cashflow Returns on MartelTurnkey Properties
If you have visited MartelTurnkey.com in the past 6 months, or spoken to a sales team member, you know that the financials we provide on each house have consistently shown a 10% cash-on-cash return. Visit today and you will see the numbers are much different, showing a 20% - 23%...
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