Passive Real Estate Investing

One of the most common questions in the real estate space is where we are in the housing cycle? Ivy Zelman provides some interesting perspective on the housing market, the direction we're going, the demographics, interest rates. Ivy is the CEO and founder of Zelman & Associates, LLC, a company she founded back in 2007. Her firm leverages housing market expertise, extensive surveys of industry executives and rigorous financial analysis to deliver proprietary research and advice to global institutional investors. Her team is widely respected for its unbiased views, depth of data and knowledge, and a willingness to offer counter consensus opinions when necessary. Ivy talks about where we are in the housing market cycle and shares some important factors and metrics that we should be looking at as real estate investors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How would you like to pay little to no taxes because you're an owner of real estate? Since 1997, the increasing number of property owners have cut their current income taxes by using something called cost segregation. Alan Goldstein, founder of Emunah Cost Segregation, explains that with cost segregation, an owner of real estate can accelerate their depreciation and thereby reduce their federal income taxes for years. Alan is an IRS-enrolled agent, a Florida real estate broker and mortgage broker, and an expert in depreciation. He says basing on a fundamental principle that a dollar now is worth more than a dollar tomorrow, this same logic can be applied to tax deductions because a tax deduction now is worth more than a tax deduction tomorrow. Learn more about how you can have an immediate increase in cashflow and the tax savings available to you through cost segregation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brendon Burchard, author of The Motivation Manifesto and High Performance Habits, is widely considered the world's leading high-performance coach, and is one of the most watched, quoted, and followed personal development trainers in history. As one of the most followed public figures on Facebook, his videos have been viewed more than 100 million times. This is part two of the interview where he shares the six high performance habits for investors for reaching long-term success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Imagine at the end of your life you were standing before your Creator and he asks you, “Did you use the time I gifted you each day to be a purposeful being? Did you follow your own path and make your time count? How faithfully did you tend to the dream I sowed in your soul?” This excerpt from The Motivation Manifesto beg the question of whether you're engaged in the right habits to achieve your highest potential. When was the last time you stopped to ask yourself these or similar questions? Brendon Burchard has spent many years helping others achieve their highest potential. His lessons are researched-based and immensely practical and will make a big difference in your life. As one of the most requested motivational speakers in the world, Brendon has shared the stage with the Dalai Lama, Sir Richard Branson, Tony Robbins, and many of the leading influencers of this era. Learn about the most effective habits for reaching long-term success as Brendon outlines the six high performance habits that move the needle the most in helping you succeed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Holistic Approach to Wealth Creation with M.C. Laubscher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Full-time entrepreneur, investor, and coach, Michael Blank shares great insights and information about his main focus, multi-family real estate investing. Taking us from the beginning of his journey to settling with multi-family investing, he provides the pros and cons he has learned along the way. He provides some contract to investing in residential real estate, the one to four-unit properties. He shares his thoughts on the market value of properties and what determines it; why most people don’t involve in large real estate business; and how to find deals. Pushing forth the value of appearing experienced, he urges to get yourself educated and to build a team around you that will help you forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brett Swarts, president of Capital Gains Solutions LLC, helps break down real estate taxes and offers some tips on what you can do to minimize them in a legal way. He talks about capital gains tax and how through deferred sales trust, the investors achieve freedom, liquidity, and diversification with their funds. Covering also 1031 exchange, he discusses its advantages and disadvantages in commercial real estate. Learn how both are different and when it is the best situation for both. Know your role in the process and the perspective to take while keeping in mind the solutions to some of the issues or problems that may arise. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Americans are losing the money game. Freedom is our innate human tendency, yet that beacon of Americanism has dimmed over the last decade. It's an abstraction to some and a fantasy to others. Our society has replaced the foundational principles of self-reliance and entrepreneurship with security and dependency. The price we've paid for this transfer responsibility continues to compound. However, the opportunity to create financial freedom is far more available than it has been for your parents and their parents' parents. Patrick Donohoe, founder and CEO of Paradigm Life and PL Wealth Advisors, says it all starts with your financial education and your mindset. You may need to question everything you know about money and wealth investing in retirement, but it's available to you. Patrick talks about his new book, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose. His work centers on educating clients to reach their financial freedom by building wealth, creating cash flow, and establishing a legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The US housing market continues to grow with rising prices and new construction supported by a strengthening domestic economy. According to new data released by the NAR, the National Association of Realtors, home prices are still rising. However, a rental property is only valuable to you if there is a person willing and able to use the property and pay you rent. If you buy a house standing by itself in the middle of a desert, the prospects of you finding a tenant are very poor. What you want is a hassle-free cash flowing property near lots of well-paid people. Those people want to live near their jobs and the amenities they enjoy. Learn the seven steps for picking a suitable and strong rental market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Real estate becomes an asset when it brings you cash flow. As a real estate investor, you'll be putting other people's money to work for you. When we talk about loopholes of real estate, we're talking about the financial tax and legal advantages of investing in real estate as a passive income earner. It has been successfully utilized by many investors to protect and maximize their real estate investments. Loopholes provide for the defense of your valuable real estate. From a tax perspective, there are real estate loopholes to be opened. Smart investors know how to open those loopholes to their maximum advantage. From the legal side, there are real estate loopholes that need to be closed. When you learn when to open and when to close loopholes, you become a successful and even a sophisticated real estate investor. Bestselling author and Rich Dad advisor Garrett Sutton discusses the loopholes of real estate investing. Garrett has been practicing corporate law for more than 35 years, assisting real estate investors and entrepreneurs in protecting their assets and maximizing their financial goals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices