5 Things You Really Shouldn’t Put Off…by Vena Jones-Cox

Hindsight is, as they say, 20/20. IF ONLY I could go back to 2006, cash in all my properties, and use the money to short Fannie Mae stock. Sigh. But daydreaming that you could have had foreknowledge of something as earth-shattering as the real estate crash is one thing; continuing to act in ways that...

Do You Really Need a Mentor? By Vena Jones-Cox

If you’ve been involved in any of the major national real estate education mills, even at the lowest “free workshop” level, you’ve been exposed to the idea that every real estate investor needs a mentor, or they’re doomed to complete failure and will probably live out the balance of their short, unhappy lives living in...

Are You Focusing Too Much on “Active” Strategies? by guest blogger Robyn Thompson

Listen up, Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana peeps…Robyn Thompson is in town in a couple of weeks and you do NOT want to miss her all-day workshop. If you have to drive all night to get here, do it; you’ll learn more in a day with her than you do in 5 with a lot of other ‘gurus’. She’ll...

“Work for Equity”—the Hottest Strategy of 2018 by Vena Jones-Cox

The work for equity strategy I talk about here is so hot (I’ve done 6 in the past 3 months) that I’m considering putting together a live webclass on the topic that would get into the gruesome details about buyer screening, contracts, Dodd-Frank, property selection, all that stuff. My vision is that it would include...

Will You Benefit from the 20% Tax Reduction? By Guest Blogger Scott Ellsworth

The new 2018 Section 199A tax deduction that you can claim on your IRS Form 1040 is a big deal. There are many rules (all new, of course), but your odds as a business owner of benefiting from this new deduction are excellent. Rejoice if you operate your business as a sole proprietorship, partnership, or...