Invest 4 an Abundant Life
Welcome to our blog, I am glad you here!
I am a lifelong learner, and have been studying REI for 30+ years. This is my attempt to summarize the most important lessons I have had in a way that, hopefully, allows you to learn the key lessons faster and easier than I did.
In this blog, I will share my journey building a portfolio of real estate investments, highlight the benefits and drawbacks of real estate investing, and provide insights into why I have made the choices I have made (both good and bad). I will begin with general topics to make sure we are all on the same page. However, I will also introduce timely material (for example, new deals that I am considering or recently participated in) as they come up.
I hope you find this information educational and insightful – in other words, worth the time that you are investing
I am not a lawyer or CPA, and this is not legal, financial, or tax advice or a solicitation to participate in a deal. It is just my thoughts on what I perceive as an incredibly powerful approach to investing.
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Note Investing 101
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One of my favorite asset classes for cash flow is notes – also known as mortgages, hard money loans, or private money loans. Think of it as becoming the bank – without the bureaucracy. There are two common ways to invest in notes. The first is to invest directly in a specific note against a…
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Breaking the “Never Sell” Myth
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You’ve heard the conventional wisdom – “never sell your real estate investment” – but is that always the right move? Spoiler alert: It’s not. Absolutes are rarely your friend. As with any professional activity, real estate investing requires continuous optimization, strategic thinking, and a willingness to evolve your strategy. As an investor, you need to…
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Side-Gigs: Passion Project, Profit Generator, or Both
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For many successful tech professionals, the idea of starting a side gig can be both appealing and confusing. While your day job provides a comfortable income, you might find yourself drawn to additional ventures – whether for passion, profit, or both. However, before diving in, it’s crucial to understand what truly drives this desire. From…
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Consistent strategy, evolving tactics
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There is a fundamental difference between your overall strategy – the long term vision of what you want to do – and the tactics that you use to make progress on that strategy. My strategic vision has been to I use my personal investment philosophy [1] as the framework within which I take action. The…
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Book Review: The Lifestyle Investor
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I recently re-read The Lifestyle Investor by Justin Donald [1]. While a new version of the book came out n April, I read my copy of the original.
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How compounding supercharges your net worth
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“Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn’t, pays it,” is a quote attributed to Albert Einstein. Whether he actually said it or not is unclear [1].
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Your retirement number changes based on your investment strategy
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Imagine reaching the point in life where your investments generate enough income to cover your expenses, freeing you from the constraints of a traditional job.
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The benefit of separating accounts for financial goals
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I was talking to a friend of mine about investing in cash flowing real estate a couple of weeks ago, and the conversation really made me think about things that I take for granted.
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The Invest 4 an Abundant Life Book Club: Building a community around books
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If you’re a seasoned investor, you know the power of continuous learning. Books offer an invaluable resource to expand your knowledge, gain new perspectives, and stay ahead of market trends.
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Book Review: Legal Strategies for Everyone
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As a high net worth individual, which accredited investors are by definition, the unfortunate reality is that you become a target for lawsuits. Whether or not the lawsuit is justified is totally irrelevant, they occur and expensive judgments can be awarded. Most people don’t think about that until it is too late to do anything…
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Customer service lessons from the latest travel meltdown
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Starting 7/19/24 and continuing through at least 7/25/24, there has been a major disruption in the airline industry as the result of a software update gone bad [1]. There are many lessons that will be (re-)learnt from this on the software engineering side, with some airlines recovering quickly and others struggling to get back to…
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Our Pre-offer Due Diligence Process (part 2/3)
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Have you ever wondered what we look at before we make an offer on a potential property? Before diving in, it’s crucial to uncover a facility’s true potential but that can be a daunting process. In our previous article [1], we gave a high level overview of what we look at. This week, we’re cracking…
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Book Review: Buy Back Your Time
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One of the main reasons to break your dependency on your paycheck is to stop trading your time for money and instead focus on the things that are most important to you and bring the most value to you, your family, and, more broadly, the world in general.
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Deep dive on our values: Community
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MBC Real Estate Investing is built on 4 core values: abundance, freedom, community, and reliability [1]. I want to go a little deeper into what these values mean to us, so that you have a better idea of whether or not our views align with yours. I believe that understand someone’s values is important to…
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Deep dive on our values: Abundance
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MBC Real Estate Investing is built on 4 core values: abundance, freedom, community, and reliability [1]. I want to go a little deeper into what these values mean to us, so that you have a better idea of whether or not our views align with yours. I believe that understand someone’s values is important to…