April 2025 “Upside” Update: Making a BIG Change to My Portfolio (Cashing Out)
Over the past month, I’ve decided to make a big move that will greatly affect my real estate portfolio. This was a decision I made after seeing severe weakness in ...
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How I’m Finding Profitable Properties in 2025 (Shotgun Method)
Have high interest rates and home prices affected your ability to buy cash-flowing real estate deals? If you’re struggling to find properties that pencil out, you don’t want to miss ...
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FIRE at 50 by Creating “FI Paychecks” That Fund My Early Retirement! | Life After FIRE
Would you delay your early retirement for years to feel safer and secure once you FIRE? That’s what Mark Trautman did, FIRE-ing before discovering the FIRE movement was even a ...
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Barista FIRE at 36 with ONLY $500K by Trading “Stuff” for Substance
Julie Rose “semi-retired” at just 36 years old with only $500K, trading her corporate job for sunrise safaris in Africa, beach walks in Bali, and mid-day hikes in Mexico. With ...
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Making $60K Per Month with the Repeatable, Low-Risk Real Estate “Formula”
Today’s guest makes $60,000 per MONTH the old-fashioned real estate investing way. He buys rentals you can find on any real estate listing site, uses his own money to invest, ...
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$6,000/Month Cash Flow from 4 Rentals in 2 Years (Without a Ton of Money)
Making $6,000 in monthly cash flow from just four rentals?! Given the current housing market, it seems impossible, but today’s guest is about to show you the secrets to building ...
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Housing Market Shift: Inventory Catapults Back, Buying Opportunities Grow
Home prices are falling fast in some prime real estate markets across the country while others remain stubbornly stuck. What’s the defining factor between a stable housing market and one ...
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How You Can Protect Your Investment Properties From Natural Disasters
Natural disasters seriously threaten rental properties, with hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and winter storms causing billions of dollars in yearly damages. For real estate investors, failing to prepare can lead to ...
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Wish You Bought Real Estate in 2012? A Similar Opportunity Just Arrived in Multifamily
After reaching an all-time high in 2007, single-family home prices collapsed 27.4% until hitting a low in 2012. Since then, the Case-Shiller U.S. National Home Price Index has exploded by ...
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8 Clever Tax Strategies to Get the Most of Your IRA
Despite their limitations, individual retirement accounts (IRAs) are incredibly powerful. And you can do all kinds of creative tricks with them to build a huge nest egg, tax-free. Try these ...
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A&D Mortgage closes acquisition of Mr. Cooper’s 3rd-party channel
Deal gives the nation's biggest provider of riskier "non-QM" mortgages additional capacity to offer more traditional loans backed by Fannie and Freddie, FHA, VA and USDA....
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Alexanders fire back against Side in counterclaim
The brothers have filed a counterclaim against the white-label firm, alleging that it manufactured events surrounding their disassociation from Side. They have also filed an opposition to Side's motion for contempt against them....
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Bay Area, NYC buyers drive bidding wars as market shifts loom
A recent Redfin report found that 20.5 percent of homes sold above asking price in February, while 64.2 percent sold below and 15.4 percent sold at their asking price nationwide....
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Compass acquisition offers a glimpse into @properties’ finances
Following its acquisition of Chicago's largest brokerage in January, Compass on Friday pulled back the curtain on @properties’ financial health over 12 months prior to the headline-grabbing merger....
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Grant program incentivizes teardowns of old mobile homes
FHLB Cincinnati's Hundred Homes Initiative's $50,000 grants can be used for a down payment or closing costs on a newer home in Ohio, Kentucky or Tennessee, and pay for the disposal of vacated mobile homes...
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Agents can help sellers unlock value with renovation ROI: Revive
Revive has used its findings in the presale renovation space to produce an extensive white paper that dedicates its pages to proving the value of updating a home before selling it....
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Rocket’s appetite for growth could ding corporate debt rating
Fitch Ratings warns of potential dowgrade of Rocket debt rating if Redfin and Mr. Cooper deals close, while decline in share price suggests investors have doubts Mr. Cooper is worth $9.4 billion....
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Agents feel joy, rage, confusion over Clear Cooperation ruling
Some respondents to Inman's Pulse survey seemed furious about the determination, while others were pleased, especially at the fact that CCP had been preserved. Still, multiple respondents simply expressed confusion over the new policy....
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How and when to say ‘no’ as a new real estate agent
Coach Verl Workman writes that setting healthy boundaries, including saying "no" when needed, provides a more balanced life and fulfilling career in real estate....
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Motto Mortgage CEO announces upcoming retirement
Ward Morrison will step down in June but serve as a consultant until the end of the year. He has helmed Motto Mortgage since 2016....
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