Posts by Dave Lindahl

“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.” – Benjamin Franklin Real estate investing is still, hands down, one of the best methods for real wealth creation, and just about anyone can do it. But it is a huge topic. There are so many choices, so many types of real estate…

“When small and mid-size businesses outsource work, it allows them to focus more on their core competencies. In many cases, this approach to outsourcing is a smart way for businesses to add value to their operations.” – Nancy Pechloff Real estate investing is much more than finding and buying the property. There’s more to do…

“The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.” – Bill Beattie Real estate, just like all other markets, has market cycles.…

“I don’t make deals for the money. I’ve got enough, much more than I’ll ever need. I do it to do it.” – Donald Trump The true goal of every real estate investor should be to create massive, passive income as soon as possible. “Passive income” means money that comes to you month in/month out,…

“Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey ‘people.’ People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war … Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest.” – C.S. Lewis Over thousands of years, humans honed a useful skill…

As a multi-family-property investor, your ultimate goal should be to get the most appreciation in the shortest possible time. This is done by using a variety of techniques. 1. Buy a property that is below market value due to a burned-out seller – someone who never learned that successful multi-family investors always have management companies…

With all the “bubble” talk, it seems the world has become fixated on the short-term aspects of real estate. Potential home buyers and investors are starting to sit on the sidelines, ready to ride out the storm that they fear is about to hit. I see two problems with that approach. 1. By sitting on…

While most investors concentrate on some aspect of single-family houses, I was always interested in apartment houses first, and then single-family homes as a means of getting more apartment houses. From the very beginning, I liked the idea that a group of people (the tenants in a building) would pool their money to pay down…