Benjamin Franklin said it well, “Our new constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” In modern terms, this translates to: We cannot cheat “death,” and we cannot cheat “taxes.” While death can be an interesting topic,…
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Real Estate Syndication
Syndication means crowd-funding in today’s term. The concept behind syndication or crowd-funding is nothing new, in which someone is trying to make a major investment. Due to whatever reason, perhaps the investor does not have enough capital, or the investor does not want to take on all the risk, or somewhere in between, the investor…
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CoC ROI – Cash on Cash Return on Investment
When I first came up with the idea of blogging around CoC ROI, or Cash on Cash Return on Investment, I was more thinking from a traditional, document what this means kind of angle. But recently, I read an article which tries to disrupt the traditional thinking and I would like to make an attempt…
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Wholesaling Real Estate
We first came across of the concept of wholesaling when we read the book “How to Make Big Money with Small Apartments” by Lance Edwards. It is a very easy to understand book but it introduces various concepts you can get started in real estate, without a lot of upfront capital. Wholesaling is one of…
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Gross Rent Multiplier (GRM)
Gross Rent Multiplier, or GRM, is one of the traditional measurements for real estate investors to evaluate any given opportunity. It is so common that this number is one of the first numbers that almost all real estate agents would provide to their prospective investors. Let’s look at the formula GRM = Sales Price /…
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Residential and Commercial Real Estate (CRE)
We are all familiar with the term “single family” or “SFR” (which stands for “single family residence”). In the real estate investment world, we may hear the terms “residential real estate” or “commercial real estate” (CRE) get thrown around. We are going to explain these 2 terms in this blog post. Residential Real Estate Residential…
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The Two Percent (2%) Rule
We have blogged about the 1% rule earlier with the post here. The 2% rule is an extension to the 1% rule, and the intention of the 2% rule is to allow real estate investor to quickly determine if the deal is a potentially good cash flow deal or not. As always, we will first…
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FIRE, Part 2 – Financial Independence with Real Estate
We talked about FIRE as in Financial Independence, Retire Early in a previous blog post (that you can read here). But when it comes to the term of “FIRE,” we also have a slightly different, but playful interpretation of what it means. At DoorInvestor, FIRE also means Financial Independence with Real Estate. It is quite…
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Five Dollars ($5) Real Estate Investment Training Course
Do we at DoorInvestor have the crystal ball to tell if anything is a scam or legit? We do not. But what we believe in, is that all education has a price tag to it. It maybe a price tag of “time investment,” or it maybe a price of “monetary investment,” or it maybe a…
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The One Percent (1%) Rule
The 1% Rule is a handy formula for real estate investor to evaluate the potential profitability of any given deal, without pulling out a calculator or going through a complex financial model. Let’s take a look at the formula itself: Monthly Income / Purchase Price * 100 Here is an example: For an investment property…