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Interested in Real Estate Investing? Start Here
Familiarize yourself with the important financial terminology used in connection with real estate investment, property operations and lending.
How to Leverage Real Estate Investments
Should you leverage real estate investments? The answer depends on six factors, and our expert breaks down each one for you.
3 Reasons Franchising May Not Be for You
Franchising is booming, as more and more people realize the multiple benefits it offers. Chances are you’ve already engaged with a franchise at some stage today, whether it was stopping in for your morning coffee or hitting the gym to burn it off. Franchising is now so developed that it tends to touch each and every one of us in our daily lives in many different forms. However, it may not be for you.
Apples to Apples: Understanding the Internal Rate of Return (IRR)
The internal rate of return, or “IRR,” is the percentage that reflects what any individual investment is expected to yield from inception to sale. It takes into account anticipated cash flow and appreciation, as well as the time value of the capital invested.
Evaluating Residential Real Estate Investments
When you select a residential property for investment, your criteria will be different than when you decide where you want to live personally. This is because investors care about cash flow and tax benefits, such as depreciation deductions that do not apply to a home.
Net, Net, Net: Investment Property Without the Hassle
A common concern many individuals have about buying real estate for investment is the potential time and cost of maintaining the property. Not everyone has the tools, expertise or inclination to fix leaky faucets, clean soiled carpets or plow a snow-filled parking lot in the wintertime.
Is Gold the Answer to Brexit? Consider This…
The decision of the UK to withdraw from the European Union, known colloquially as Brexit, has left many scrambling to get a sense of what’s next for the global marketplace. For some, turning to gold as a reliable investment is the obvious answer. After all, it is a tangible good, which is universally recognized as a form of currency; as opposed to print money, which is more vulnerable to economic crises. However, gold is not necessarily as steady of an asset as many would believe.
Episode 84 with Jason Stevens – Investment Executive for Sprott Global
Jason Stevens, investment executive and natural resource specialist for Sprott Global Resource Investments, discusses the potential benefits of investing in the equity of high-quality “Real Asset” agricultural, mining, or energy companies with host, Chris Cahill. That’s right, energy companies, even today: the key to garnering inflation protection plus return for such investment is the quality of the companies.
Putting off the Tax Collector – The Basics of 1031 Exchanges
Real estate investors can save defer capital gains taxes and recaptured depreciation by performing a 1031 exchange on their sale.
Episode 77 with Bruce Walker – Cataloger with Stack’s Bowers Galleries
Chris Cahill speaks about hoards with World Numismatist and Cataloger Bruce Walker, of Stack’s Bowers Galleries. From Lydia to the present, coins have delighted hoard-finders and collectors. Coins also constitute a tangible asset class with which one may balance the ol’ portfolio.
