Henry Ford, the father of Ford Motors, had a relentless focus on planning. He looked ahead and planned his innovations, to be most efficient at utilizing the limited resources he had available. This is the main concept I want to deliver in this article. Successfully operating your buildings is the goal for all investors. Achieving…
In December, as expected, the Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point and signaled more tightening next year as it continues to battle high inflation. It’s a fight that’s expected to slow our economy and raise unemployment. The half-point increase brings the federal-funds rate up to a range of 4.25%…
The Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations last year that provides a safe harbor under which a rental real estate enterprise will be treated as a trade or business solely for the purposes of Internal Revenue Code Section 199A, the qualified business income deduction. Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) Created Trade or Business under IRC…
A version of this article first appeared on October 18, 2022 in True Wealth, published by Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, an independent investment research firm. You can visit them at www.stansberryresearch.com. The drumbeat of bad press for housing isn’t slowing down … and recently, we got another addition to the tide of bad news.…
In the last 35 years, no one’s equity has grown at a faster rate than the couple I call “Mark and Sharon.” They each had more than 20 years of working for other people’s benefit before I met them. She is a doctor, and he had a command position within a major fire department. For…
It is called the Amazon Effect — and you’ve probably heard a lot about it. The ecommerce giant has reshaped nearly everything, from the way that consumers think about shopping and accessing goods to the global supply chain. For institutional investors, the Amazon Effect has squarely placed industrial properties as the darling of the commercial…
One of the most important questions all real estate investors should ask themselves is, “What is my long-term strategy?” In the case of Delaware Statutory Trust (DST) investors, exit strategies come into play once the investment period has concluded, or gone “Full Cycle”. Full Cycle is a term used to describe a DST property that…
You have a choice, watch others make a small fortune with small amounts of cash while you stand on the sidelines or you can take action and learn more. A father and son from Ventura using funds from an IRA retirement account purchased five acres and quickly resold for an impressive profit of $125,000. A…
The house-buying craze, [especially in Los Angeles], has lost momentum, in some cases forcing sellers to lower list prices, forget about bidding wars and multiple offers, and in certain scenarios, heaven forbid, cut commissions. Shouldered by the pandemic, the housing market was seeing homes sold at record prices, sometimes tens of thousands of dollars over…
Preventative maintenance is always better than waiting for a problem to arise and having to fix it in a panic. If you ignore the “check engine” light in your car for too long, you could end up stranded on the side of the road. If you do the same to your roof, you could be…