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...]
Why and How I Sold My Last Rental Property
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...]
Why and How I Sold Most of My Rental Properties
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...]
Alternative Housing Stories
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...]
My Real Estate Syndication Investing Journey
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...]
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