5. Prepare your rental property To read the first part of the article, please click here. Guys, it is a fact that there are some good and some bad landlords. What will differentiate you from a bad landlord? Your rental needs to be in an inhabitable condition, at the very least, but in good condition ideally. […]
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Real Estate Investing: How to Buy and Rent. Landlord 101
Guys, this is a comprehensive article in several parts, and it could be used as a guide to buying and renting properties. I have spent a significant amount of time and effort preparing the guide for those who asked me many real estate-related questions, as well as for those who are thinking about investing in real […]
How I became a Real Estate Investor
“Dad, you have to buy these apartments!” said my son, who lived in a tiny studio and had just begun working for the large company. “They are only $40K a piece!” “Well, I said, let me talk to your mom.” After talking to my wife, I called my son and said that she does not […]
How I made a strategic tax-related mistake and what you can learn from it
As the end of the year approaches, I always recall that I have to review my portfolio closer to the end of November and decide what to do with my laggards. You may ask, “Why”? This is the time of the year when investors are looking to reduce the tax impacts on their portfolios. To […]
Do you still want Crypto?
It looks like crypto is now celebrating its Bar-Mitzvah, a Jewish ceremony for a boy’s coming of age and his parents no longer being responsible for his sins. But just because of the celebration, plenty of boys still commit sins. (Girls go a year earlier at 12 because they are more mature.) So, what are […]
Investment Strategies
I could spend countless hours describing all available strategies, and still not cover most of them. It’s the most complicated topic. However, I will try to give you an overview of a few of them to get you started. — growth vs. value vs. momentum vs. income As you can see, I separate the investment strategies into 4 major categories. It does […]
Investor Education: DIVIDENDS
As I have promised, below is another article for those readers who are interested in becoming financially independent by learning the basics of investing. If you have missed previous posts, here are the links: Introduction to Investing How to Start Stock Trading Common Stocks Preferred Stocks (Part I) Preferred Stocks (Part II) ETFs: Exchange Traded […]
Mutual Funds – the oldest investment vehicle beyond stocks
INTRODUCTION A mutual fund is an investment company that absorbs investors’ money to invest in securities. An open-end mutual fund continuously issues new shares when investors want to invest in the fund by sending money directly to the fund, and it redeems shares when investors want to sell. A mutual fund trades directly with its shareholders, and the share […]
What You Need to Know About CEFs (closed-end funds)
My Favorite Investment Guys, I can bet that the majority of novice investors have not even heard about CEFs. I have been trading on the stock market for more than 10 years, but I had never heard about them, and it wasn’t when I discovered the Seeking Alpha website that I discovered the power of […]
Investor Education: MORTGAGE REITs
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT mREITs Now, let’s talk about mREITs. The “m” stands for “mortgage,” as mREITs are a special group of REITs that base their real estate investments in the mortgage market. In most cases, this means that mREITs buy mortgages on the secondary mortgage market – they purchase mortgage debts while REITs purchase physical […]