You want to build wealth and achieve financial stability, but where do you start? Especially if you’re renting and paying a landlord 25% of your income, how do you get out of the Renter rat race to become an Owner and ultimately an Investor where you are the landlord and achieve Home$mart financial stability? How…
Although the real estate business tends to slow down in the fall, the season can still be an attractive time to put a home on the market. If you want to sell your house in the next few months, it can be done. When my wife and I sold our primary residence in 2004, it…
I call it the R.O.I. Journey to Financial Freedom. I’ve seen hundreds of people like my wife and I move from Renter >> Owner >> Investor to achieve financial freedom. My wife and I bought our first home in 1994 and moved from Renter to Owner. In 2005, we moved from Owner to Investor and…
When my wife and I bought our first investment property over 10 yrs ago, I regularly saw my friends holding back from investing in real estate. Whether they had little money or didn’t know where to start, the result was the same – they were not actively trying to grow their wealth. Most people I…
I never wanted to be a ‘renter’, but rather a homeowner and landlord. I graduated college in June 1993 and purchased my first home in January 1994. Since January 1994, I’ve always been a homeowner and landlord building wealth through owning real estate for the past 21 years. I always wanted a long-term relationship with…
It was January 2014 and my doctor scolded me for high cholesterol (250), being 20 pounds overweight, and threatened to put me on cholesterol medicine. I knew I needed to change my lifestyle habits. I cut back on red meat and sweets, got a personal trainer, started taking omega-3 daily, and began working out 3-4…
Financial discipline is key to financial freedom. It’s not what you make, but rather what you do with what you bring home. Whether you’re a parent with two kids or a recent college grad working your first job, our 20/30/50 guideline can help you assess your budget to work towards owning anything! It’s an easy…
Summer officially begins on June 20th this year, but why wait until then to get into the summer spirit? Get a jump-start by prepping your home for warm weather so you can enjoy your summer to the fullest and hopefully save money and get the most out of your real estate investment! Keep an eye…
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