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Investing in real estate can be a great way to diversify your portfolio. Relying only on the stock market can leave you devastated if the market crashes. Most financial advisors suggest that you diversify your portfolio outside of investments involved in the market, and real estate is a great...

Buying your first rental property is exciting and overwhelming. Done right, it can create regular cash flow and incredible capital gains. But, like any investment, rental properties have a way of wrecking your finances in one fell swoop when not done right. Here are 15 tips to make buying your...

Choosing the right rental property in the right neighborhood can be a great way to diversify your investment portfolio. Whether you’re saving for retirement, to send your kids to college, or you don’t want all your money in the stock market, real estate investments can be a great way to...

If you have money to invest, you should consider single-family rentals. Even if you only have a small amount to invest, it’s worth looking into investing in real estate. It’s a great way to leverage your home and invest in something much more significant than other assets like stocks...

COVID-19 has affected most industries, including real estate. As the world shut down, so did real estate. Very few people were selling or buying homes. Everything was at a standstill. As the economy picked back up, real estate was still slow to recover because buyers and sellers were still worried...

There’s a lot of talk about inflation lately, even with the pandemic sticking around and the economy making a less than stellar comeback. Why? A significant reason is all the financial aid the government is sending out to businesses and citizens. With $3 trillion in the first stimulus package...

There are many reasons to sell your rental property, but there are many costs to consider before you do. You know, buying a property costs money, but so does selling it. If you don’t do it right, you could cost yourself thousands of dollars in profit just to sell your home. Before you sell...

Rental property isn’t expensive like most people think it is. It’s a common myth to believe that you need hundreds of thousands of dollars to have a real estate investment portfolio. Between leveraging your investment with mortgage financing and finding properties under $100K, there are...

Millennials are a unique and somewhat unlucky bunch. They entered ‘adulthood’ amid a financial and housing crisis. It was hard for most to find a job, and if they did, it wasn’t high paying. Then, they had to weather the COVID-19 pandemic where millions of people lost their jobs...

The pandemic put a damper on many investments, especially those involving the stock market, but there’s one area that saw tremendous growth rather than failure - real estate. More specifically, suburban real estate rentals and millennials are all over it, taking advantage of the unique...

If you’ve heard anything about the FIRE movement, you know retiring early has been a trend that millennials are jumping on quickly. Retiring early doesn’t mean sitting by the pool and doing nothing for the next 30 years - it means getting yourself financially stable so you can quit your...

Millennials aren’t fans of the stock market like their previous generations. Boomers and Gen X’ers all believe in the stock market, and most are heavily invested in it. Millennials, not so much.  It could be due to timing. Millennials entered adulthood at the wrong time. Ever heard...

Millennials are in a unique position financially speaking. They entered adulthood at the most inopportune time - during the 2008 housing crisis and subsequent recession, and have now weathered another recession from the pandemic. This has put most millennials far behind their parents and...

The COVID-19 pandemic shook the investment world to its core AGAIN. Coming off a good year and ready to rock another great year, 2020 took most investors by surprise and not in a good way.  Stock prices plummeted, and investors didn’t know which way to turn. If they bailed from the...

For many millennials, buying an investment home in their hometown isn’t feasible. The houses are too expensive, and the cost of living is too high. But many millennials, even those who rent in their hometown, have found a simple and profitable way to invest in real estate using a real estate...