Buying rental property requires a lot of math and, for most investors, a lot of spreadsheet analysis as well. The process can be complicated and time-consuming but there is a new state-of-the-art platform that does the work for you, and it’s really slick. We are crazy about it here at RealWealth. It’s called DealCheck by a real estate investor who comes from a software engineering background. Anton Ivanov created this high-tech platform to help investors analyze rental properties, estimate profits and find the best deals before they buy. And he joins me in this episode to tell you all about his platform and the discount you can get if you put in the coupon code, REALWEALTH. You’ll also hear how Anton structures his own investments to avoid the risk of a big downturn, how he does his financing now that he’s met his conventional loan limit, how he finds solid property managers, and what he does to keep tenants happy and to avoid vacancies. Anton is a U.S. Navy veteran, real estate investor, and entrepreneur with a 40-unit rental portfolio spread out across 4 states. His portfolio generates over $15,000 in monthly passive income, and he spends one hour a week managing it. He created DealCheck to quickly analyze and compare rental properties, flips, and commercial buildings, and RentCast to help investors track, grow, and optimize their rental portfolios. Again, you can get a discount on the DealCheck platform by going to https://dealcheck.io/ and using the REALWEALTH coupon code. We also invite you to become a RealWealth member for free at RealWealthShow.com. Membership gives you access to all our data and deals on rental real estate investing.  And please be sure to subscribe to our podcast and follow me on instagram at @kathyfettke for the latest market updates and commentary.

Housing inventory levels continue to drop. In fact, in February, they were back down to 970,000. That's not a lot of housing available for a country with 330 million people. And, as interest rates drop, the number of people who can afford to buy a home increases by the millions.  What does this mean? I take it to mean that we are experiencing a lull in home purchasing. But, if inflation continues to regress, mortgage rates will likely do the same.  And that could mean by summer, we'll find ourselves in another buying frenzy.  Right now we are in a sweet spot for investing opportunities where competition from retail buyers is down. Our guest today, one of RealWealth's preferred lenders, is going to share what he's seeing investors doing and what he believes will happen this year with the housing market and mortgage rates.    Richard Advani is a mortgage lender and real estate investor based out of Southern California at GuaranteedRate.com. He has been in the mortgage industry for over 16 years and specializes in working with real estate investors, including our own Real Wealth investors. He also owns almost 20 rental properties in markets across the country. If you’re a car racing fan, you may have seen him on the track. Richard is a professional race car driver with the Formula Drift organization.   For more about financing your investment properties. Check out Richard’s recent RealWealth webinar under the Learn tab at our website at realwealthshow.com. He’ll also be attending our free live event on February 11th. You’ll hear from 11 property teams and one commercial broker about their markets and the inventory they have for investors. You can also sign up for that at our website and join for free to become a member. We hope to see you there!

Are you looking for cash flowing rental properties with steady appreciation? It may seem like an impossible task in today’s market, but they do exist. And one of them is a place that we’ve been tracking for 10 to 15 years. It’s a market that we have wanted to promote but inventory was so tight when interest rates were low, that there was nothing to buy.   The metro we’ll be talking about in this episode is Indianapolis. You’ll hear why Indianapolis is getting about the same cash flow as it has in past decades and why properties in this market are expected to appreciate.   This property team will also be featured in our virtual live event on Saturday, February 11th from 9am to 4:30pm PT. This very special event will not be recorded so be sure to register and attend the live event as there won't be a replay available! You can sign up for that as a member at realwealthshow.com. It’s free to join RealWealth if you haven’t already. You can also register for a webinar with this same property team on Thursday, February 9th at 12pm PT.   And please remember to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review!   Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke

This is our second “Ask Kathy” episode for the Real Wealth Show. Podcast host Kathy Fettke collected several questions about today’s real estate investing environment, and shares what she would do in those situations. Questions that she answers include: 1 - If you had $100k to invest today, how would you invest it? (from Karla) 2 - Is it a bad time to use a HELOC for a down payment? (from Jeff) 3 - Are 30-year fixed-rate loans still preferable? (from Jeff) 4 - What markets would you shy away from and why? (from Andreas) 5 - Does the 1% rule still matter" What's true now? (from Cynthia 6 - You talk about hot markets in Florida. What about cities outside the major metros? Doable? (from Cynthia) 7 - What is your outlook on short-term rentals? (from Karla) Kathy and her husband, Rich, co-founded RealWealth to share what they learned about real estate investing. At first, they did it to educate their friends, but that social circle has now turned into a network of more than 66,000 members! Their mission? "We help you create passive income and ongoing cash flow with real estate... so you can live life on your own terms." Kathy is passionate about helping others, and looks forward to collecting more questions for a future "Ask Kathy" episode. Send as many as you like to podcasts@realwealth.com and we’ll add them to our list! Kathy is an active real estate investor and a licensed real estate agent with more than 25 years of experience. In addition to her mission at RealWealth, she's the CEO of Grow Developments which helps people invest passively in syndicated real estate deals. She’s been doing the "Real Wealth Show" podcast since 2003, and "The Real Estate News for Investors" podcast since 2016. More recently, she was picked to co-host the Bigger Pockets "On the Market" podcast. If you’d like to learn more about how to create passive income with real estate, check out her newly updated bestseller “Retire Rich with Rentals" which you can find here on Audible. You will also find answers to your questions as a member of RealWealth. You can join for free at www.RealWealthShow.com And please remember to subscribe to this podcast and leave us a review!

Are you sitting on the sidelines waiting for lower mortgage rates? Are you wondering whether the Fed is “doing the right thing” to fight inflation? Would you like a clear, simple explanation as to why mortgage rates are so high and when they might come down? The economy has a lot of moving parts that can make it difficult to see the big picture and to know what’s coming next.    In this episode, you’ll hear from mortgage expert Barry Habib who has won the Zillow/Pulsenomics Crystal Ball Award three times in 2017, 2019 and 2020 for the accuracy of his real estate market predictions. He joins me to talk about the inner workings of the mortgage market, how inflation and the Fed's rate hikes are impacting mortgage rates, why Fed strategy failed to prevent inflation in the first place and how it’s attempting to make up for that failure, and most importantly… why we might see rates as low as 5% later this year.    Barry is a housing market and mortgage industry expert, best-selling author, and entrepreneur. He’s the founder and CEO of MBS Highway which helps turn mortgage sales people into advisors. He’s a Certified Mortgage Advisor himself, with more than $2 billion in originations. He’s also bought and sold several businesses including Mortgage Market Guide, CPMS, Certified Mortgage Association, and Healthcare Imaging Solutions. His book “Money in the Streets” is an Amazon best-seller. He’s a frequent guest on CNBC and FOX Business Network. His podcast is called: "Inside Real Estate." If you'd like to learn more about what's happening in real estate this year, please join RealWealth. It's free to join and get access to all our data, sample investment properties, RealWealth investment counselors, and our curated list of real estate professionals.  Please don't forget to subscribe to our podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening! -Kathy

Podcasts are often filled with experts who make it sound too easy to reach those financial freedom goals. Many are often pushing their own agendas as well, and are trying to sell you something. That might create information overload for new investors who are trying to figure out where they should begin. But even the most successful investors started somewhere, and that’s often the story you don’t hear – what it’s like at the very beginning of the journey. It’s an often untold story that could help new investors feel more confident about taking their own first steps. In today’s episode, you’ll hear from someone like that. Kyle Parker and his wife are both full-time engineers with a healthy income, but after reading Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Kyle realized the value of passive income through real estate investing. He’s now in the midst of taking his first steps with a handful of real estate  syndications but he wants to increase his passive income paycheck so he can become job optional sooner than later. You’ll hear details about how he’s managing his finances right now, and how he’s deciding what he should do next with real estate. You can find out more about getting your own real estate operation off the ground at realwealthshow.com. It’s free to join and get complete access to all our information and services, including our experienced investment counselors and other real estate professionals. Please remember to subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review! Thanks for listening!

Happy New Year and welcome to 2023! It’s time to turn the page on 2022 and look for new real estate investing opportunities! And we have ATTOM’s Rick Sharga to help us do that! He joins me in this interview to talk about his data-based opinions on what the real estate market might do this year. That includes specific markets that are more likely to outperform or underperform other markets, along with the strengths and weaknesses of different asset classes.   If you don't know Rick, you should. He has more than 20 years’ of experience in the real estate and mortgage industries and is currently the Executive Vice President of Market Intelligence for real estate data firm, ATTOM Data. He is also one of the most frequently quoted experts on real estate, mortgage, and foreclosure trends by major media outlets.   Rick has also served as Executive Vice President at RealtyTrac, as an EVP for Carrington Mortgage Holdings and Chief Marketing Officer of the company’s Vylla business unit, and as the Chief Marketing Officer of Ten-X and Auction.com. If you'd like to hear more about what happened in 2022, check out my 2022 year-end review with Rick Sharga.  We discuss the ups and downs of last year's market, and what we think is important for investors to know about 2023. Join RealWealth and enjoy all the benefits of membership at: https://tinyurl.com/joinrealwealth Subscribe to the Real Wealth Show podcast:  https://tinyurl.com/RWSsubscribe  Thanks for listening! Kathy Fettke

We end the year with a special guest who’s transitioning from a long-term career in the Navy to what will be a full-time job in real estate. William Spekhardt has more than ten years of experience leading special military operations in the Navy both as an enlisted operator and a naval officer. He’s now preparing to wrap up his career as a Navy Seal and is applying what he’s learned in the military to his real estate operation. William started investing in real estate as a side hustle by renovating distressed single-family properties. He is now focusing on buy-and-hold residential and commercial rental properties. He has a BA degree and a Master of Science degree in Criminal Justice from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. He also has a Master of Science degree in Defense Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School. And, he’s a licensed Realtor in the State of California. You can find out more about getting your own real estate operation off the ground at realwealthshow.com. It’s free to join and get complete access to all our information and services, including our experienced investment counselors and other real estate professionals. Please remember to subscribe to our podcast, and leave a review! Thanks for listening!

In this episode of the Real Wealth Show you will meet two of our newest RealWealth members. Grant and Rebekah Anderson are the husband-wife managers of our property teams! They came on board about five or six months ago, and we’re finally getting a chance to introduce them to you! Grant & Rebekah do a number of things to make sure we are working with property teams who have what it takes to deliver a quality product over the long term. In addition to managing our existing property teams, they are responsible for finding and vetting new property teams, management companies, developers, and builders. That includes background checks and a good look at their track record and future prospects before they put them on our referral list. They come to RealWealth with years of combined real estate experience that includes real estate sales, fix-and-flips, single-family rentals, and short-term rentals. Grant bought his first home in 2001 while he was in college, and rented out rooms. Since then he’s practiced the BRRRR method of investing and manages his own properties. Rebekah worked as a Realtor for several years helping investors buy and sell properties. She is also a Certified Life Coach. Grant & Rebekah have done much of their investing in Indianapolis where they grew up and where they own their primary residence. They often rent out their home however, so they can roam the country in a travel trailer, and look for new markets and property teams for our investors. They come to RealWealth with years of combined real estate experience that includes real estate sales, fix-and-flips, renovations, single-family rentals, and short-term rentals. Grant bought his first home in 2001 while he was in college, and rented out rooms. Since then he’s practiced the BRRRR method of investing and manages his own properties. Rebekah worked as a Realtor for several years helping investors and retail clients buy and sell properties. She is also a Certified Life Coach. Contact Grant Anderson at: Grant@RealWealth.com Contact Rebekah Anderson at: Rebekah@RealWealth.com Join RealWealth and become a member for all of the benefits (it's free!): https://tinyurl.com/joinrealwealth Subscribe to the Real Wealth Show podcast here:  https://tinyurl.com/RWSsubscribe

This is a different kind of "his & her" Real Wealth Show! Kathy Fettke interviews her husband Rich Fettke about his new bestselling book “The Wise Investor,” while he interviews Kathy about the newly released 2022 edition of her 2014 bestseller “Retire Rich with Rentals.” This interview will give you insights on why Kathy and Rich wrote the books, along with a preview of the lessons they share and the personalities behind those titles! Their synergy is contagious along with their enthusiasm for creating passive income and financial freedom so you can live the life that you’ve dreamed about.   Here’s more about their books which are available on Amazon:    Retire Rich with Rentals: How to Enjoy Ongoing Cash Flow from Real Estate So You Don’t Have to Work Forever, by Kathy Fettke   In Retire Rich with Rentals, professional investor Kathy Fettke shows you how to supplement your retirement plans with cash flowing real estate. You’ll learn how to choose the best markets, identify solid deals, and create passive income – without having to fix toilets or get your hands dirty.   In Retire Rich with Rentals, you will learn: How to safely borrow money to finance your portfolio Strategies for reducing your tax burden Asset protection techniques used by the wealthy Hands free property management techniques How to replace your income with rental property   Retire Rich with Rentals is a step by step plan for building and protecting wealth so you have both the money and the freedom to live life on your terms!   The Wise Investor: A Modern Parable About Creating Financial Freedom and Living Your Best Life, by Rich Fettke   The Wise Investor is an inspiring parable about building what author Rich Fettke calls Real Wealth, the foundation of financial freedom. It tells the story of Ryan Brooks, a husband, father, and CaptivSoft’s hard-working lead coder who, with the help of a new friend and mentor, finds a different path to financial security for himself and his family and becomes wealthy in more ways than he thought possible. In it you’ll learn: Why working endless hours to climb the corporate ladder in search of "enough" may never give you the financial security you want. How to shift the limiting beliefs that might be keeping you stuck and blind to what’s possible for your finances and your life. An actionable,  play-by-play guide to transforming your financial situation by taking charge of your habits so you can live your best life now, not in some far-off future. Whether you seek an investment path that allows you to overcome the fear and overwhelm or are struggling just to start, the advice and wisdom in this book will help you get on track to financial freedom. Expand Your Real Estate Education   Join RealWealth to learn more about real estate investing and get free access to all our educational material. Click on RealWealth.com to sign up. In addition to our Learning Center, you’ll have access to our data on individual U.S. rental markets, our experienced investment counselors, and our list of curated real estate professionals.  If you’d like to find out more about the mastermind that Kathy mentioned during the interview, please go to https://www.kathyfettke.com. Also, please remember to subscribe to our Real Wealth Show podcast and leave a review! Thanks for listening!