Category: Real Estate
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Real Estate Syndication: A Complete Guide To Investing
“Never depend on a single income. Make investments to create a second source.” – Warren Buffett Shortly after reading Kiyosaki’s “Cashflow Quadrant“; I had an abrupt wakeup call. It seemed that even though I am a “self-employed” practice owner, I’m nothing more than a glorified employee (trading time for money). In other words, if Dr.…
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Mineral Rights in Real Estate: What They Are and How They Work
What are The Mineral Rights in Real Estate, and How Do They Work? [Editor’s Note: Today’s article is a guest post from Pheasant Energy. Pheasant Energy is a Fort Worth based upstream oil and gas company. Their primary focus is in the mineral, royalty, and working interest subset of the industry. They analyze a high rate of…
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Real Estate Syndication vs REIT – Which Is Best?
Real Estate Syndication vs REIT – Which Is Best? Whenever someone first joins our Passive Investors Circle, the first step is setting up a call to determine their specific investment goals. Most either don’t have any and if they do, they’re rather vague. Examples include: I’d like to get into real estate but don’t know where…
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What Is a Syndicator In Passive Real Estate Deals?
When I finished dental training at LSU, I was focused on one thing: getting rid of the $300K student loan debt I’d accrued. I understood the value of investing as early as possible (I didn’t start practicing until my early 30’s); but again, I was in survival mode. You see, only two weeks before I…
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What’s A Waterfall Calculation In Real Estate Syndication Deals?
Real estate syndication deals have become quite popular especially among the doctor community. Why? It allows those too busy to deal with tenants to passively invest in real estate and still get the benefits such as tax advantages and cash flow distributions. One of the questions new Passive Investment Circle members want answered is “how…
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Active vs Passive Real Estate Investing: A Comprehensive Guide
I recently spoke with a south Louisiana dentist about real estate investing. He graduated three years ago and recently completed the process of buying an existing practice. His wife is also a dentist so they have a great income stream coming in. I was impressed that he was focused on building long-term wealth and already…
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Deferred Sales Trust 101: A Comprehensive Overview
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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How To Invest 50k In Real Estate – 5 Best Ways
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
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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5 Real Estate Investing Principles From Rich Dad Poor Dad
5 Real Estate Investing Principles From Rich Dad Poor Dad This summer, while bass fishing, my friend informed me that he’s started focusing on real estate, specifically fix and flips. What’s amazing is that even at 23 years old, he already understood the concept of “getting your money to work for you.” He wanted to…
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The Real Estate Pro Forma: What Investors Should Know
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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Medical Office Real Estate: Why Doctors Sell Their Buildings
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…
