Write-Offs, Loopholes, and How to Pay Less Next Year

Real estate tax strategies are plentiful. In fact, real estate investing is one of the most tax-beneficial investments you could make, with a plethora of tax write-offs and loopholes you can use to avoid taxes legally. But, if you’re new to real estate investing or don’t know about many of these strategies, you could pay tens of thousands extra every year, limiting your portfolio’s growth. That’s why we brought Amanda Han, CPA and real estate investor, onto the show.

Amanda has been helping investors lower their tax burdens for decades. As an investor herself, she’s had to grow her professional and personal knowledge to take advantage of as many tax deductions as possible. She’s so fluent in the real estate tax code that she even wrote the books on tax strategies for BiggerPockets! Dave and Henry spend today’s interview asking Amanda the tax questions you may …

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The 5 Keys to Building a Financial FORTRESS (Part 1)

You may know how to build a real estate portfolio, but how do you build an unshakeable one? Most real estate investors think that buying a few dozen dirt-cheap houses is all they need to do to make millions and live a life full of passive income. This is far from reality, as your entire net worth could come crashing down as soon as a housing market crash, correction, or new rental policy comes into play. So how do you build a sustainable real estate portfolio—one that will grow your wealth even during the worst of economic times?

David Greene has touched on this topic numerous times, often referring to “portfolio architecture” as one of the most crucial aspects of building wealth through real estate. This strategy not only helps you grow wealth but keep it even when everything goes wrong. Don’t believe …

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The 3 Signs of a Perfect Rental Property Market

What makes a great real estate market? If you’re a new investor, you might think that high rents and cheap home prices are all that matter, but you couldn’t be more wrong. Experienced investors search for more than just surface-level pricing when looking into where is worth investing. This is doubly true when you’re investing in short-term rentals and medium-term rentals—both of which require a specific area to succeed. So what would Ashley and Tony look for when scouting a new real estate market?

Happy Holidays and welcome back to another Rookie Reply! We hope you’ve got your presents wrapped and are ready for the greatest gift of all—Ashley Kehr’s singing voice…and some advice on real estate. This time around we’ve got a few technical questions that rookies may have trouble answering. These topics range from how to find the zoning on a rental property, …

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Sales Slump, Rates Drop, and The Forever-Renters

There are few things more critical to a real estate investor than home prices, mortgage rates, and rent. Thankfully, those are three subjects that Redfin decided to tackle in their new 2023 housing market predictions list. But are these housing market projections the truth, or is the data showing something else entirely? We’ve got Dave to fly solo this episode to break down these hot housing market takes to see which could truly come true in 2023.

Welcome back to On the Market. As we wind down the year, we’re wrapping up as many real estate predictions and forecasts as possible so we can give you, the investors, the best chance of success in 2023! And although many of you have asked for Dave’s crystal ball (it’s just his head, people), he’s brought something even better today to share: cold, hard housing market data! We’ll …

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Pitfalls, Potential, and Passive Opportunities

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More and more real estate investors are exploring what it might look like to be on the other side of the closing table. I don’t mean being the seller, but rather being the lender. With interest rates on the rise, you can easily earn double-digit interest rates by funding or buying short-term notes.  

Imagine investing in real estate where you don’t need to manage a rehab, sign a personal guarantee, or deal with tenants. And if things go wrong, someone other than you loses their money before you lose a dollar. Sounds pretty nice, right?   

So, how exactly do you go about becoming a lender? How can you make money lending? How do people lose money lending? And finally, is there a way to be a passive lender so you can sit back

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When Will The Fed Lower Rates Again? Sooner Than You Think

Last week, the Fed raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point, a slowdown from previous sprints. Still, the federal funds rate is at its highest since 2007. While traders are betting the Fed will begin reducing the federal funds rate in the second half of 2023, historical trends suggest a different timeline. And while economists from major firms are split on where and when rates will peak, Fed policymakers have signaled that rates will likely remain elevated until 2024. 

Why the varying estimates? No one is certain how long it will take for high-interest rates to impact the job market or whether we will enter a recession. Inflation has been stubborn (albeit declining) largely due to low unemployment and supply chain issues, experts say.  

When Has the Fed Cut Interest Rates Historically?

Interest rates have peaked for an average of 11

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Do 40-Year Mortgages Ever Make Sense?

Renting vs. buying a home, forty-year mortgages, HELOCs, and relationships vs. real estate. There’s something for everyone on this episode of Seeing Greene, as David tackles questions that go far beyond just basic investing. And as the housing market continues to get even more confusing, homebuyers, landlords, and sellers are stuck with some serious debates that only an expert agent, mortgage broker, and investor like David can answer!

When choosing to rent vs. buy a home, David uses some geographic-specific data to decide which markets make more sense to own. Then, we have a question on how an interest-only mortgage works, and whether not paying into principal is a waste of time or a better option for cash-flow-strapped landlords. If you’re thinking of buying a property in all cash, David has some advice as to why now may not be the time to …

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How to Estimate Rehab Costs and Where to Find the Right CPA

Need to know how to estimate rehab costs, even if you’re investing out of state? For most investors, it seems almost impossible to do a full-scale renovation while living hundreds, or thousands, of miles away. But, many time-tested investors have done it (including Tony), and you can too, but you’ll need to know who to go to and what to ask before you start. Or, you could bite off way more than you can chew, and risk losing your rental as a result.

Happy Saturday, rookies! We’re back with another Rookie Reply, where your snowed-in on her birthday host, Ashley Kehr, and Tony J. Robinson are here to answer questions directly from the Real Estate Rookie Facebook Group and the Rookie Request Line. In this episode, Ashley and Tony share their best tips on estimating rehab costs, how to structure a partnership when someone …

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How to Build Bigger and Setting SMARTer 2023 Goals

What are your 2023 goals? If you don’t have an answer in mind just yet, don’t worry, there’s still time to lock in your plans to have a wealth-building, financial freedom-finding, more fun (and frugal) new year. And while goal setting for many people can seem almost arbitrary, top investors, again and again, point to it as one of the reasons they’re able to hit such unbelievable heights. We’re not talking about making a few extra bucks in passive income, we’re talking about building life-changing wealth in only a matter of years.

If you think you shot too high in 2022, think again. We’ve got Henry, James, and Kathy back on the show to talk about what they’ve accomplished in 2022. To no surprise, almost all of them hit big goals, but that doesn’t mean they did everything they wanted. All of our

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It’s Becoming A Buyer’s Market, But It’s Still Not Easy To Buy

The economy is beginning to stall as the Fed has repeatedly increased its discount rate over the past few months to fight inflation. As Jerome Powell put it, “We have got to get inflation behind us,” even “if the chances of a soft landing are likely to diminish.”

Inflation did edge down last month and has possibly peaked. Unfortunately, if it has peaked, it is likely because we are on the edge of or in a recession. Mass layoffs have been announced at multiple large companies (11,000 at Facebook, 10,000 at Amazon, etc.), and new housing starts have plummeted

A survey by the National Association of Business Economics found 72% of economists predict a recession in 2023 (and one with high unemployment, unlike the technical recession of Q1-Q2 2022), and the Bloomberg Economics model puts the odds at 100%

So, we can expect

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