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As a native New Yorker and long-time real estate investor, I sometimes think the five boroughs of New York City get an excessive amount of attention as the best places to find great deals. Yes, [...]

My brother and I have been competing with one another since we were kids. We fought for our parents’ attention, attended rival colleges, and chose careers with high earning potential in an effort [...]

In an effort to expand his part-time real estate investment gig into a full-time career, Joe came to me for advice. Needing more leads on below market value properties, he was specifically [...]

Though the U.S. economy has been in recovery for several years now, many of us maintain a healthy sense of skepticism about where it’s going. We’re diversifying our investment portfolios, [...]

My friend, Susan, showed me an article about a recent program rolled out by the Albany County Land Bank Corporation (ACLB) in which vacant lots were being made available for $100 to local [...]

The streets of New York have a reputation for being tough. You have to be aware of your surroundings and keep your valuables close or you’ll end up being mugged like a tourist. The same holds [...]

Every time I meet new real estate investors, I’m always surprised at the lengths they go to for sourcing good leads. Of course, I was no different when I started out. Eager to find the best [...]

I’d been thinking for some time about quitting my corporate job and starting a business of my own. Ideally, I wanted to get something going on the side, part-time, before leaving the stability of [...]

Last week, I met with a relatively new real estate investor who had enjoyed a few investment wins, intermingled with some rather dramatic losses. With a bad investment still fresh in his mind, [...]