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I have a secret that, as a lifelong Chicagoan and a real estate investor, I shouldn’t admit: I’m not a Chicago snob. You want to put ketchup on your hot dog? Go ahead. You want to root for the [...]

As a lifelong Portland resident and a real estate investor, I’m often asked what draws people here? Why do people want to move to this rainy town? And there are a lot of reasons: the culture, the [...]

Sometimes, I think the secret to my long career as a real estate investor here in Albany is that I love history. I love the story of this town, of its glory days in the heyday of the Canal, and [...]

Wholesaling moves so quickly that a deal can get knocked off course by unseen events, much like a car hitting a patch of ice at 75, if you don’t know what you are doing. With the new coronavirus [...]

Like most of you in Seattle, I started this year with a plan: properties I was going to buy, investing seminars I was going to teach, and networking events I was going to attend. My calendar laid [...]

Whenever the real estate market starts to get real interesting, like it is right now as we round into a recession, you’ll start to see handmade signs pop up like weeds. On nearly every street [...]

One of my favorite books about my beloved home is by the great Nelson Algren. It’s called Chicago: City on the Make, and is a raucous, sharp, and oftentimes brilliantly funny book on this city. [...]

Growing up in Seattle the 80s and 90s, I always felt we were way ahead of the curve. Our music, our scene, our ethos—and our coffee—kind of took over the country. I felt that way again this year, [...]