Category: Real Estate

I’d be willing to bet that at the end of the day, your BIGGEST expense over your career will be TAXES. I see too many doctors/high-income professionals that accept this fact (paying up to 50% of their salary to the IRS) yet fail to address it. Maybe they become complacent and simply accept it for…

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One of the main benefits of being a new Passive Investors Circle member is the lower initial investment you can make in a deal alongside me. For instance, last month an orthodontist member wasn’t comfortable investing the minimum amount (75K) in the multifamily deal I invested in. Why? This was his first time investing in…

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Apartment Syndication 101: What Doctors Should Know I recently spoke to a group of periodontists about apartment syndication investing. As you can imagine, most did not have any real estate experience and were comfortable following their financial adviser’s advice of 401k investing until age 70+. I occasionally visit investing forums and Facebook groups for doctors.…

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So you want to invest in real estate as a passive investor but not quite sure where to start? As someone that’s been investing in rental properties (syndications) since 2016, there’s a lot of information to know but only a small amount to REALLY pay attention to. Actually, there’s 3 common mistakes they should avoid…

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What Should You Prioritize? One of the biggest benefits of selling a practice is found in the amount of time that it frees up. While owning and operating medical/dental practices is appealing, many often become disenchanted with the amount of work that goes into things that they had not accounted for. It certainly did for…

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For the past decade, the average inflation rate has hovered around the 2% mark for the United States. Many of the “financial experts” are forecasting higher inflation than normal due to the 2020 pandemic.  They state this is from a rise in unemployment rates, higher costs of goods, failing businesses and large injections of stimulus…

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I recently came across a saying that you’re likely familiar with: “A dollar today is worth MORE than a dollar tomorrow.“ This reminded me of one of my grandmother’s sayings, “Son, I remember when a gallon of milk cost a dime.” Thinking about the time value of money made me curious as to what $10 would…

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“I wish I could enjoy some of my retirement assets BEFORE I reach retirement age. You never know if I’ll still be healthy enough to enjoy it by then.” This was a comment from a new Passive Investors Circle member BEFORE she learned about self directed retirement accounts. Here’s another one: “Jeff, I’m only a…

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“OUCH! Ok dad, I’ll clean  up my room if you’ll stop twisting my arm!” When my kids were much younger, I could get away with a little “force” to get them to do what I wanted them to do. Twisting an arm, finger or ear would usually do the trick. Now as teenagers, it’s much…

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[Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Lyle Solomon is a licensed attorney in California. He has been affiliated with the law firms in California, Nevada, and Arizona since 1991. As the principal attorney of Oak View Law Group, he gives advice and writes articles to help people solve their debt problems.] Do…

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If I were to ask you what it means to invest in real estate, how would you answer? If you’re an average real estate investor, you may state it has to do with buying a single family home or apartment. Or if you invest passively (like me), you might say it involves pooling your money…

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