Property Management 10 Nov 2011 | 10:17 pm

Books have been written, seminars are given but nothing takes the place of experience in the field of property management. So much information is obvious to the experienced property manager and most p...

Visiting Beijing 27 Oct 2011 | 04:03 am

by RJ Palano RJ Palano here, reporting from United Airlines flight # 850 from Beijing to Tampa. I just invested two weeks of my time in Beijing participating in an exhibition to attract investors fo...

Faber on Gold 27 Oct 2011 | 03:46 am

Though it wasn’t quite the duel of the century, a recent telephone interview with Faber brought up some points, but no solutions. Owning physical gold probably makes sense to most.  But what about...

Setting Up Your 401(k) 26 Apr 2011 | 04:04 am

Why Would You Do That? (part 1) 15 Apr 2011 | 03:35 am

Did anyone ever offer you a house to purchase and tell you that the rate of return will be over 30%? Be careful! This real estate market is lined with sharks preying on new investors. The only way yo...

Don’t Just Save for the Future Invest 15 Apr 2011 | 03:32 am

In America, we tend to want the best of everything. But, when it comes to 401(k) plans and IRA’s, we often settle for much less. Case in point: MetLife recently published a report that 401(k) plan sp...

Tax Overhaul in Sight 15 Apr 2011 | 03:26 am

And so the Noble Experiment to rewrite Georgia’s tax code in a politics-free climate has been deflated into a routine bit of score-settling among lobbyists, a tax break for businesses and a slight dec...

Whats an REO? 15 Apr 2011 | 03:24 am

An REO is a property that was foreclosed on by a lender and that the successful bidder of the mortgage foreclosure auction was the lender.  Said another way, the lender now owns the property that they...

The 3 Things You Must Avoid When Buying Property in Your IRA 15 Apr 2011 | 03:22 am

1. Taking Title in Your IRA Administrator’s Name Most say investors never put a property in their own name. The reason is very simple: you don’t want anyone to be able to go to the local court house ...

Are You a Passive Investor? 15 Apr 2011 | 03:20 am

A passive investor is not active in the day to day real estate business. I used to think I was a passive investor with over 200 homes, only to have someone point out that I was really in business. And...