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7 Best Real Estate Syndication Tax Benefits

April 8, 2022 By ESI 3 Comments

As most of you know, I sold my rental properties last year and invested a good portion of those proceeds into real estate syndication deals. For background what transpired, see these posts: Why and How I Sold Most of My Rental Properties Why and How I Sold My Last Rental Property  My Real Estate Syndication Investing Journey  At the time of this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Invest, Real Estate, Taxes

How My First Property Purchase Went South

March 16, 2022 By ESI 5 Comments

It's been a long and winding road. Hahaha. That's one of my favorite songs from the Beatles. ;) I went from knowing nothing about real estate, to finding a mentor, to buying several places, to running them (through a property manager), to (very recently) selling them all. It was a nine-year saga from end to end. And it was quite successful. My real estate efforts … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About, Invest, Real Estate

That Time I Interviewed David Bach about Real Estate

December 29, 2021 By ESI 7 Comments

In going through posts on my first site (FMF) I discovered something that I didn't remember -- I interviewed David Bach. Yes, THE David Bach, author of The Automatic Millionaire and creator of thoughts like making your finances automatic and the latte factor. I can't believe I forgot that... Anyway, it was 2006 and he had just written his latest book The Automatic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Giving, Interviews, Real Estate

Why and How I Sold My Last Rental Property

August 6, 2021 By ESI 29 Comments

Last time I wrote about my real estate investments I said I had sold two of my three properties. In that post I gave reasons for why I did so. These include 1) I have won the game and wanted to stop playing it and 2) I want less time and more simplicity in my life. I suggest you read that post if you want more of the "whys" behind why I have sold. I will review some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About, Invest, Real Estate

Why and How I Sold Most of My Rental Properties

May 8, 2021 By ESI 49 Comments

As regular readers know, I have been a rental property owner for the last eight and a half years. I bought my properties in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2012 and 2013 when there was still blood in the water from the real estate collapse and many people wanted out of real estate. I thought it might be a good time to begin investing in real estate. So I set up a lunch with a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About, Invest, Real Estate

Alternative Housing Stories

January 15, 2021 By ESI 14 Comments

My post titled How to Live in Airbnbs for the Price of an Apartment Lease generated a lot of conversation about alternative housing arrangements. There were several comments from people who had actually taken steps to go from a more traditional house set-up to something different. I reached out to them and three people agreed to tell us their housing-related … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Real Estate, Retirement

My Real Estate Syndication Investing Journey

January 8, 2021 By ESI 42 Comments

This is part three of a series on real estate syndication investing (though it has a different title than the other two parts). In case you missed them, you'll want to read How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate Syndications, Part 1 and How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate Syndications, Part 2 for my friend, Jeff's, great summary of real estate syndication … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Invest, Real Estate

How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate Syndications, Part 2

December 18, 2020 By ESI 12 Comments

Today we're continuing our series on how to invest in real estate syndications. If you missed part 1 of this series, you'll want to review How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate Syndications, Part 1 before reading this post. In it my friend, Jeff, from Debt Free Doctor started educating us on real estate syndications. We'll continue that process today. Today we'll … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Invest, Real Estate

How to Get Started Investing in Real Estate Syndications, Part 1

December 16, 2020 By ESI 31 Comments

As you know, I'm a big fan of real estate investing. Several years ago I purchased 14 units in Grand Rapids, Michigan and they have done very well through the years. Then a year or so ago I added private real estate lending to my list of investments. That has been going well too (who can argue with 10% returns?) That said, I have been looking for even more ways to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Invest, Real Estate

How to Live in Airbnbs for the Price of an Apartment Lease

December 9, 2020 By ESI 37 Comments

One key retirement question revolves around housing. Where will you live? Will you stay where you are or move? If moving, within the same city or elsewhere? And what type of house? We have been considering these questions as it seems absurd to have two of us and a cat live in a 3,600 square foot house. As of now, our two kids, my son-in-law, and my daughter's four cats … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Real Estate, Retirement, Save

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