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Investing In Private Equity Funds For Real Estate
241 month ago
As with all investment articles on this site, I’ll just warn that I’m not an investment professional, and this should not be taken as advice.
In my recent monthly status I mentioned that I’ve begun a new experiment in my ever growing portfolio of alternative investments. Before I go into the details, let me explain how I got here.
Several months ago, I began a partnership with a local real estate investor who was seeking money to purchase a distressed house. I invest the money, she does the work, we split the profits. An distressed house is now a livable one, and a family gets a beautiful new home right next to the elementary school. Everybody wins.
I like this idea, but there are reasons why I may not want to increase my More >
Getting Started In Real Estate Investment – Financing A Flip
304 months ago
About 3 months ago I decided I wanted to get involved with Real Estate Investing (REI), so I got a book from the library and started reading. It turns out the RE world is a highly complex world! Always up for a challenge, I was hooked.
Next I joined BiggerPockets.com, and joined the forums. Experts there are quick to answer your questions with fancy jargon and confusing acronyms. After a few weeks I decided that I didn’t have the time to be a landlord or to do all the work of rehabbing and flipping a home. Hmmm, I was stumped. How could I make money, learn new skills, and not invest too much time in this fascinating world of REI?
Before giving up, I decided to send out a few emails to a few random but active RE investors in Colorado More >
Experiments In Real Estate
47 months ago
Once I achieve an extremely early retirement at 35, I will consider my self a professional investor (capitalist). Because I take this very seriously, I want to learn as much as possible about actively investing in different sectors, including real estate. And so yesterday I made my first move into real estate by purchasing a home.
Actually, my first move was 2 weeks ago when I sought out a successful landlord in my area and asked her to be my mentor. In addition to teaching me a lot, we’ve agreed to go into partnership on some homes. She is cash strapped and actively working many deals. I, on the other hand, have lots of cash but no time to seek out the best deals. We’ve got along well, so we agreed to do business together.
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