How to Reach Financial Freedom in 2023

Small multifamily investing is one of the easiest, fastest ways to find financial freedom. We’re not talking about any “get rich quick” promises or risky businesses—thousands of real estate investors have used small multifamily rental properties to live the life of their dreams. And today, we want to help you do the same. We’ve got our multifamily millionaire, Dave Meyer,  here to share the tools of the trade! Dave was able to reach financial independence in only a few years, thanks to a small portfolio of multifamily rental properties!

Even if you’re an absolute beginner in real estate, without any properties or experience, small multifamily can be one of the easiest ways to start investing. With low money down options, the ability to house hack, and big cash flow opportunities, any investor can start, or scale, a real estate portfolio with a duplex, triplex, …

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Calm Down, Short-Term Rentals Are Doing Fine

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Fighting Cancer, Financial Freedom, and 20 Units in 2 Years

Financial freedom isn’t something that most Americans strive towards. For the most part, working at a job, getting a steady paycheck, and bringing home the bacon is enough. That is until something forcibly stops you from working. It could be a workplace injury, a family emergency, or even a cancer diagnosis. What do you do when you can’t work or provide for your family, all while fighting a life-threatening disease?

Josh Goldstein was in this exact situation in 2015 when doctors gave him a rough diagnosis—pancreatic cancer. Josh and his wife knew that he could make it through the treatments, but the financial problem still loomed largely. How would they be able to pay the bills, take care of their kids, or continue living the life they loved without any money coming in from Josh’s work? The answer—real estate investing.

After …

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5 Classic Books On Real Estate Investing To Buy This Holiday

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Painless Property Management 101

Property management has always been a sensitive subject for landlords. Most real estate investors either want to be completely hands-off, letting a property manager handle the entirety of their leasing and management, OR be hands-on, constantly dealing with tenant issues themselves. And for a long time, there wasn’t a great way to self-manage. You either ran your business off scraps of paper or insufficient spreadsheets. But it’s 2022, and this has completely changed.

When Ryan Barone was applying for his first apartment, he was blown away by how complicated the tenant application process was. So, he built an app that made it easier for tenants to upload all their documents to landlords. Then, the landlords started reaching out to Ryan asking for a tenant management version of the software. As a result, RentRedi was born, and has slowly grown to become one of the most popular

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Why Are My Rental Property Returns Looking So Bleak?

Most investors buy rental property for cash flow, and much to their surprise, no cash flow is to be found once the deal is done. Maybe they’ll get some limited returns in their first year of landlording, but with cash flow-induced frustration, they decide to try another strategy. This happens again and again as real estate investors struggle to realize anything other than a meager return on what was supposed to be a financially-freeing investment. But worry not—this is all part of the plan.

David is back on another episode of Seeing Greene, where he answers the most-pressing real estate questions from across the web. But David isn’t alone in the episode! He brings along real estate investing experts Brandon Turner, Pat Hiban, and Zeona McIntyre to help answer hard-hitting questions surrounding anything and everything related to real estate. This week’s topics touch on …

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How To Build Effective Systems In Your Real Estate Business

If you are like me, I suspect you’ve heard a good number of gurus, or even seasoned, well-meaning investors, give the following advice in some form or fashion:

“Systems and policies are essential. If you want a business that works, you need to have systems and policies. You need to have those systems and policies, and you need to follow those systems and policies because systems and policies are absolutely essential to have and follow. Systems and policies!”

While it is certainly true that systems and policies are extremely important as I will elaborate on further shortly. Of course, just saying that isn’t particularly helpful. The “how” part is often missing, unfortunately. So, in this article, I will at least sketch out an outline of how to approach building systems and policies for real estate investors.  

Why Systems and Policies Are So Important

First and foremost, the

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10 Essential Rental Forms To Keep As A Landlord

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Keeping clear documentation is an essential part of your work as a landlord. With the correct paperwork, it will be easier to run your business, prove eviction cases, and ensure that your properties are managed properly.

What type of documents do landlords need to keep on file, and how should these landlord forms be written? These are questions all landlords should ask. Otherwise, they could face significant fines, impossible evictions, and late rent payments.

In this article, you’ll learn why forms for landlords are essential, which forms you should prepare, and how templates can make your work as a landlord more efficient. Be sure to check out the bottom of the article to get access to FREE landlord forms today!

Landlord Forms: Why They Matter

Why is documentation for rental properties so important? These

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5 Positive Reasons To Have A Custom Home

Home LayoutOne of the simplest and finest methods to get started in model railroading is with a 4×8 practice layout in HO Scale. 4×8 layouts are easy and low cost to construct due to readily available sheets of 4×8 plywood. They do take up a good amount of area, a but they’re is simple to maneuver out of the way if you need the room for something else. Most 4×8 mannequin railroads let the trains run repeatedly. The neatest thing a few 4×8 format is that it is sufficiently small to get you began in mannequin railroading without being overwhelmed and big enough to provide you wonderful operation and realism. One of probably the most famous model railroads of all time – the Gorre & Daphetid – started out primarily as a 4×8 structure.

I too, share this passion and it is a whole lot of enjoyable. We do most of …

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