By Tony Youngs I remember when I attended my first seminar back in the 80’s the speaker said you have to have a system and discipline. I knew what the system was because he was teaching it. But I did not know what the discipline was until I began to apply the system. The discipline...

By Darrin Carey, Dayton Capital Partners LLC As a hard money lender, I see a lot of closing statements (aka HUDs) from many title companies. I’ve noticed an annoying trend that is also disturbing. When lending money to a real estate investor, I send the title company my very detailed and specific lender requirements –...

By Vena jones-Cox Let’s face it: making deals complicates our lives.   When we first become involved in real estate, buying a property can be very anxiety-provoking: I mean, really, even though we’ve done all our due diligence and run the numbers 15 different ways and talked to our favorite mentor about it and it STILL...

By Anthony Chara There are 3 figures that go hand-in-hand when trying to determine a commercial/apartment property's value. They are; Net Operating Income (NOI), Cap Rate (CR) and Asking Price or Purchase Price (PP). If you know 2 of the figures you can always figure out the third. Here I'll be talking about the Cap...

By David Richter We all love control. I have a six-year-old daughter who constantly pushes the boundaries of her world. Whether it’s brushing her teeth or buckling her car seat, she loves to feel in control.