When you invest in real estate, you need to pick a strategy. There are 2 major strategies that have been time-tested, and they are: Cashflow and Appreciation. We will go into the pros and cons on each of these 2 strategies. Cashflow The definition of investing for cashflow is you look at the numbers and…
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Owning vs. Controlling
Let’s start off with the famous quote from Rocketfeller, “The secret to success is to own nothing, but control everything.“ What does that actually mean and how does that apply in today’s society? First off, the disclaimer, we are not a law firm and we do not provide any legal advice. What we blog is…
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A Fresh Grad Guide to MultiFamily Investing
If you are about to get out of college, like most of your friends, your primary goal is to look for a job. You are thinking to yourself, not only you are now graduating from college, but also you are graduating from $1 fast food burgers and moving into hi-end steak house that you can…
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The BRRRR Strategy
BRRRR (pronounced “burr”) is a strategy coined by Brandon Turner at BiggerPockets and it is one of the most popular real estate investment strategies due to its popularity and ease of deployment. The benefit of doing BRRRR is that you will not need to have a lot of initial capital to get started. To make…
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Expense Ratio
When evaluating if a deal is worth proceeding or not, it is important to calculate its Expense Ratio. Ideally, if the current property owner or property manager maintains good records, it is very easy to obtain last 12 months (T-12) records so we have some solids numbers to work with. There are 2 types of…
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Core Four in Real Estate Investing
We first heard about the concept of “Core Four” from David Greene at BiggerPockets. In fact, he wrote a blog post about it which we are linking here, because we want to give credit to where credit is due. We agree this is a valuable lesson for all real estate investors so we will provide…
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Vivid Vision as a Business Plan
As a real estate investor, you are essentially running a business. Most entrepreneurs who own business will say that having a good business plan will increase your chance of succeeding in your business adventure. We certainly agree with that statement, but here is more: Learning from Cameron Herold, the author of Vivid Vision: A Remarkable…
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Stocks Options Income System
As a DoorInvestor, my primary investment vehicle is real estate, specifically multifamily. That is always my plan. But in my (and your) journey of investing, real estate does not have to be the only vehicle, because there are many choices out there. I would like to dedicate this blog post to talk about another adventure…
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Rich Dad’s Financial Lessons from a Cow
We recently came across an article written by Robert Kiyosaki, titled “Financial Lessons from a Cow.” It is very insightful (as always) and we would like to share the article with all of our readers at DoorInvestor. Instead of paraphrasing though, we are simply attaching the entire content in its original format, with credit to…
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BiggerPockets
Real Estate Investing can be seen as a “lonesome battle” at times. Yes, it is true that you probably need to interact with various team members on a regular basis, like the real estate agent, the property manager, or the tenants… etc. But at the end, you are really on your own to make all…