Accuracy Over Hyperbole

Accuracy Over Hyperbole

Real estate investors, economists, and businesses all care deeply about American job growth. Your tenant needs a job to pay the rent. After a robust GDP reading, the latest BLS Jobs Report added insult to injury for all the perma-crash bros that stoke fear in blogs,...
Why Real Estate?

Why Real Estate?

To remind ourselves why we invest in real estate, sometimes it helps to compare it to everything else. One day, I confidently strode to the counter at a small running shoe store, eager to purchase a nice pair of Salomons for $140. As the sales guy was about to ring me...
Expectations vs. Reality

Expectations vs. Reality

If you’re new here, I’m Keith. I founded Get Rich Education, host one of the longest-running and most listened-to real estate investing shows, serve on the Forbes Real Estate Council, and am a 20-year real estate investor. Fourteen months ago, I published...
Actionable Wins Now

Actionable Wins Now

Let me make you thousands of dollars on your next real estate buy. First, most people don’t do anything that moves the financial meter in their life. They try to budget. Some severely cut back. Miserly tactics like smuggling home napkins from Chipotle or saving...
The Resilience of Rents

The Resilience of Rents

What are renters doing? They’re paying more and staying longer. Let’s look at both the single-family rental (SFR) and apartment markets. The apartment market tends to have more data. CoreLogic reflects SFR rents up 8.8% year-over-year. Zumper’s...
Money Making Machines

Money Making Machines

A car wash can be a remarkably lucrative real estate business. When you add a franchise model, sell prepaid car wash memberships, and apply technology, these become money machines. “There is no other operation on a one acre site that can do $1 million to $2.5...