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As a new real estate investor, I remember having a lot of questions and, at times, quite a bit of trepidation. Though I grew up with downtown as my backyard and felt confident I knew most of the [...]

“So, do you guys wanna know how you should be buying foreclosed homes in New York?” There was a big cheer and then a hush fell over the audience. All eyes were on the speaker, including my own. A [...]

If you’re anything like me, the idea of working long hours at the same desk for someone else’s company until you can, hopefully, retire and do the things you really want to do just doesn’t sit [...]

Because I’m fairly well-known in local circles as a successful investor, people come to me all the time with questions about where to get real estate investment training in New York City. Today [...]

I love it when I see the investors I mentor succeed. I was nearly as proud when my first student turned a profit as I was the day my boy graduated from Northwestern (go Wildcats!). Too often [...]

Every couple of months I meet my colleague, Rob, over at Brooklyn Bites on Nostrand Avenue. It’s one of our favorite spots to catch up on family goings-on, argue about the Yankees—or the [...]

Of all places to get into a debate about investing in fixer-upper homes, your local auto repair shop might be one of the oddest. But that’s exactly what I found myself doing while getting my [...]

I recently had the pleasure to speak to a new investor in the Chicagoland area. Like any good entrepreneur, he leaped at the chance to quiz me on the Chicago market and asked where I would look [...]

My friend, Mike, came to me a few months ago about hard money loans. He was interested in buying, renovating, and selling houses as an investor, something I’ve done successfully for decades. But, [...]