This was published several months ago inside the Millionaire Money Mentors forums (so it uses language like "are moving," but by now, it's actually "have moved"). I'm running it now as a mini-retirement update as well as to get ESI Money readers up to speed. This post is probably going to surprise a lot of people, though for me, it's been a long time coming. Let me give … [Read more...]
Syndication Investments Update and What I Have Learned
As most of you know, interest rates have gone up dramatically over the past year or so. In addition, many of you are aware that I'm a real estate syndication investor and might realize that those deals often involve borrowing (and thus could be susceptible to interest rate changes -- for instance, having variable rate debt in a rising rate world.) Given that, I get a lot … [Read more...]
Hilton Grand Vacations Presentation, Take Two
Remember when we attended the Hilton Grand Vacations (HGV) timeshare presentation in D.C.? Well, it's been almost five years and the pain from that has worn off...so, we did it again. Hahahaha. In this post I'll detail what happened with HGV as well as share a few tidbits about our trip to Orlando that surrounded the presentation. Let get to it.. An Invitation from … [Read more...]
How To Invest In Short Term Rentals
Today we have another guest post from Dr. Jeff Anzalone, AKA The Debt Free Doctor. Jeff is no stranger to ESI Money readers as he's written several real estate-focused guest posts here. In fact, he's written so many that I think of him more now as a real estate guy and less as a doctor. Hahaha. His last post here was 10 Ways to Invest in Real Estate for Retirement in case … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Invest in Real Estate for Retirement
As you probably know, I have been a real estate investor for just about a decade. I bought my places in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 2012-13. Doing so was the combination of the right time to buy (there was still blood in the water from the financial and real estate meltdown) along with a great market (very affordable.) When I tell people today that I bought 14 doors (3 … [Read more...]
Where to Get Information on The Villages, Florida
People often ask me where we got our information/did our research on The Villages (TV) before we moved down here. Unfortunately, there’s not one single source (or even a few) that will contain anything close to everything someone will want to know about such a broad topic. However, we’re fairly good at research and are interested in the topic, so we tried many options … [Read more...]
The Villages: Overview and Cost of Living
Most of you reading this know that my wife, my dad, and I spent 2.5 months this past winter living in The Villages. For details on that time as well as my review of The Villages, see Thoughts on The Villages, Florida, and Snowbirding, Part 1, Thoughts on The Villages, Florida, and Snowbirding, Part 2, Thoughts on The Villages, Florida, and Snowbirding, Part 3, and Review of … [Read more...]
7 Best Real Estate Syndication Tax Benefits
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...]
How My First Property Purchase Went South
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...]
That Time I Interviewed David Bach about Real Estate
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...]
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