{4:00 minutes to read} There are 2 questions that people who are interested in real estate often ask me: What does it take to be successful in real estate? How long does it take to...
{3:00 minutes to read} My last blog discussed “flipping” a property, a popular way to invest which allows you to create profit and cash flow in a reasonably short time. We talked about acquiring the...
{4:24 minutes to read} Some people want to buy properties because they want to invest and hold them long-term. Others want to “flip” the property. The purpose of flipping properties is basically to create profit...
[Time to Read: 3.6 mins] I was born, grew up and still live in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. The area was originally called “Crow Hill” due to a succession of hills running east to west, but...
In a recent article by Karen Freifeld for reuters.com, the Department of Financial Services is looking into 9 “hard money lenders,” to see whether they are intentionally creating hard money loans with terms that might...
In real estate, when a buyer wants to purchase a property, they put a contract on it so that no one else can buy the property out from under them, and so that the terms...
There is an old saying: “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” For people in the real estate business, or in any business, having a good business plan is a wise move. I’ve...
A lot of people want to be in the real estate business, but they are coming into the business with the wrong information. A lot of them are going out there offering properties that they...
When it comes to real estate, back in the day there was no conventional financing for homebuyers or business properties. If you had cash resources available, you could do business; if you didn’t have money,...
This question has been posed to me on any number of occasions: “Why do you think you should be hired for a project or a transaction?” If you hire me, you will get an experienced...