10 Key Questions Real Estate Investors Should Ask
Don't commit your hard-earned capital without doing your due diligence. It is better to be with a great manager in a good deal than in a great deal with a bad manager.
There are so many ways to invest successfully that the most important thing is to just pick something reasonable and stick with it. But it’s key to know which approach to take and why you’re picking that option.
Don't commit your hard-earned capital without doing your due diligence. It is better to be with a great manager in a good deal than in a great deal with a bad manager.
We dedicate 20% of our portfolio to alternative investments (mostly real estate). Here's how we're currently invested and how that will change in the next year.
When choosing a financial advisor, you need to review the Form ADV. In this post, Johanna Turner explains where to find it how and how to read it.
Glide paths are a heavily used investment concept to reduce risk as you go through life. Here are 7 considerations for designing your personal glide path.
After much thought, our portfolio is changing this year from one reasonable portfolio to another. We'll see how it goes. Update in a decade.
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I've decided to liquidate my Peer to Peer Loan investments, primarily at Lending Club. While I certainly made money, it's time to move on.
The Morningstar X-ray Tool is a great way to help you understand what you own. Plug your portfolio into it and see how it compares to the market portfolio.
When evaluating a real estate investment, you have to look under the hood. And when you get under there, you better know the difference between a radiator and an alternator. You don't buy a car just looking at the horsepower and you shouldn't buy an investment just looking at the projected return.
Far too many investors take either too much or too little investing risk for their goals. This results in either investment catastrophe, or simply running out of money in retirement. Here's how to get to the right level for you.
Another option for investing in real estate is turnkey direct ownership. You have more control and tax benefits than syndicated shares but there are downsides too.
Asset location is an advanced topic that few pay attention to, and most of those that do get it wrong. Expected return matters as much as tax-efficiency and there is no Roth IRA free lunch.
As we come to the end of CFE week, we review three books ideal for the beginning investor. If you can't make it through one of these, give up and go hire an advisor.
Yield is not return. Return is not yield. Return is yield + appreciation (or depreciation). Know the difference when evaluating investments.
Coming up with an asset allocation is hard enough. Figuring out how to achieve it with 6 different investing accounts is even tougher. In this post I review our current plan.
One of the best parts of being self-employed is you get to choose your own retirement plan. Of course, one of the worst parts is you have to figure out which retirement plan to use.
Medical school may not have taught you about money, but we will.
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