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Creative Financing for Real Estate: 11 Ideas for Your Next Investment Property

With inflation soaring at levels not seen since 1981, everyone wants to invest in assets that protect against inflation. Assets like, say, real estate. But real estate is expensive, costing…

Concreit Review: Short-Term Fractional Real Estate Investing

Ever wish you could invest in real estate without committing money for years at a time? If so, newcomer Concreit is for you. Unlike most real estate crowdfunding platforms, Concreit…

Financial Independence from Flipping Houses: How John Maxim Did It

From wholesaling to property management, vacation rentals, house flipping, mortgage lending, commercial real estate to residential, John Maxim has done it all. He has founded multiple seven-figure businesses including Tree…

How to Invest $1,000 in Real Estate

At the risk of stating the obvious, real estate costs a lot. That makes it expensive to invest in, and difficult to diversify among real estate investments. The median home…

How Much to Save to Retire Quickly (Charted)

How much do you need to save to retire young? It depends on how quickly you want to retire and your target budget in retirement. But regardless of your income…

What Is Compounding? Compound Interest Calculator, Formula & Investments

If you ever hope to reach financial independence and early retirement, you need more than just a high savings rate. You need investments that do the heavy lifting for you.…

How Much Real Estate Should Go in My IRA?

The earlier you want to retire, the more proactive you need to be in funding your post-work life. There are many ways to achieve financial independence for early retirement (FIRE).…

Historical Stock Market Return: Average S&P Returns Since 1926

Real estate investors often assume that real estate returns beat stock returns. And it’s often true — check out this study on returns over 145 years in 16 developed countries.…

The Retirement Catch-Up Plan: 7 Steps to Retire in the Next 5-10 Years

As a passive income evangelist, I love this gem from Warren Buffett: “If you don’t find a way to make money in your sleep, you will work until you die.”…

Subject-To Loans: How to Buy Real Estate Subject to a Mortgage

As you research creative financing for real estate deals, you’ve probably come across the concept of buying properties subject to a mortgage. But what does that actually mean? Subject-to loans…