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When I was a young real estate investor (nearly two decades ago), I thought the best kind of leads were free ones. It just made sense. Well, it turns out that real estate leads with no upfront [...]

Around 1997, when I was still fairly new to real estate, I tried to convince a couple of buddies in the industry to start a real estate investing “website”. I put it in quotes because, back then, [...]

When I first got into real estate here in NYC, I was hungry to become a landlord. After all, everyone knows how hard it is to find an NYC apartment. It seemed like a no-brainer. Get a place, put [...]

Becoming a real estate investor takes dedication. It takes drive. It takes hustle. And it also takes funding. This is a fast-paced business, and you will rarely, if ever, have the liquidity to [...]

When assessing a property’s value, many real estate investors focus on the mantra: “Location, location, location.” But for the kind of aggressive real estate buying that I do—the kind that drives [...]

Whenever someone new to investing asks me if it is hard to get real estate leads with no upfront cost, they’re surprised when I tell them that it’s not hard at all. You can get tons of leads [...]

If you’re looking to invest in Illinois real estate, chances are you’ll find yourself having to conduct a Cook County real estate investing records search. It can be overwhelming. This huge, [...]

If I told you that by bidding in Buffalo, NY’s tax foreclosure auction you could get a great house for only $500, you would either sign up in a heartbeat or ask me if I was joking. But honestly, [...]

When people are weighing the pros and cons of investing in real estate, they usually look at one of two numbers. There are people who look at what they can sell a house for and see money coming [...]