How to Start Investing in Real Estate

If you are wondering how to invest in real estate, then the question of how to start investing in real estate has definitely crossed your mind, right? Good. Because this is a question that every single great and even mediocre real estate investor has pondered at one time or another. This is the point at [...]

Mortgage Rates Hit Another Record Low: Good News or Fair Warning

After reading another Yahoo Finance report on how the mortgage rates have hit another record low. They have fallen to 4.54%, down from 4.56% on 30 year mortgages. In fact, several weeks in a row this has been the tune that is playing and it started to make me wonder. The average rate for 30-year [...]

How to Finance Investment Real Estate

When it comes to how to finance investment real estate, there are a few options that you need to know and understand before proceeding.  Not all money is available or accepted with certain types of deals, so you have to aware of all the options before proceeding. This can be tricky and there are a [...]

How To Get Started in Real Estate Investing

The question on how to get started in real estate investing is one that comes up very often to us here at Invest With Passion.  And it is a great question that really does have a very simple answer, but people tend to over complicated because of the subject matter. To answer the question of [...]

Why Traditional Financial Planning Sets Us Up For Failure

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you” Ralph Waldo Emerson What is at the Core of your Worth? Is it your home, your 401k, your pension, your portfolio? Are those the things that define your Worth? What is personal finance investing worth? When we sit down with clients one [...]

Real Estate Investment Club How to Start One

The question of how to start a real estate investment club is one that is very interesting to me because I have started one type and attempted to start another, but had some things happen where the second didn’t work out and we haven’t yet tried to start it again. Yes, there are different types [...]

Failure to Comply With Deposit Notifications Could be Costly

Imagine being forced to write a check to a previous tenant who still owes you money.  This is a very real possibility if you fail to comply with the law after the tenant moves out. With the amounts and occurrences of tenant debt rising, having to pay a previous tenant who still owes you money [...]

How to Invest Real Estate

The one thing everyone wants to know is how to invest real estate in an effective manner that will make them some money? This is a great question and one that has been the center of discussion since the inception of this country and the bundle of rights that come along with property ownership. It [...]

Accepting Late Payments Can Land You in Court

There are many reasons why you shouldn’t allow a tenant to pay rent late, but the legal implications must always be at the top of the list. Unfortunately, by being the nice guy, or gal, and accepting late rent payments, you might be establishing grounds for a Fair Housing lawsuit.  Last year, I sat in [...]

Getting the right Start With Internet Marketing

SEO, PPC, PPA, CPA, SERP, Google slap, the list goes on. Welcome to the world of Internet Marketing. It’s hardly a wonder that people suffer from information overload. If you find yourself drowning in this labyrinth of paths leading you in a thousand different directions, you need to realize that success in Internet Marketing depends [...]

How Do You Make Confident Decisions About Your Finances?

What is your rate, Bryan? That was the kiss of death question from a client when I was in the mortgage business. I knew right then and there my goal of helping someone make a confident decision about their mortgage was O-V-E-R. Here was the challenge: Do you write 6.875% on the check you wrote [...]

Why Philanthropy?

Over the last few years, I have been thinking to myself that it is time to get involved with the world and specifically my community around me. As I enter further and further into my 30′s, I am realizing that it is time for me to give back and the desire to do so grows [...]