High Yield Real Estate Investing Podcast

Counterparty Risk and Unsecured Debt

What is counterparty risk and how does it apply to tenants and property owners? What's the significance of unsecured debt in a lease agreement?

Real Estate Syndications Explained - How Profits are Split

There are many ways for a syndicator to split the profits between themselves and the investors. Let's look at a few common ways. Also, how do we get our capital returned to us?

Real Estate Syndications Explained - Fees

What fees can you expect to be charged if you invest in a real estate syndication? We'll go over some common ones in this episode.

Real Estate Syndications Explained. Who Qualifies to Invest and How are Returns Calculated?

Who can invest in a real estate syndication? What do the returns presented to you in an investment package mean and how are they calculated? Let's talk about Cash on Cash (CoC), Average Annual Return (AAR), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR).

What Does the CDC Eviction Moratorium Mean for Property Owners?

It's 2020. So of course there's another eviction moratorium. This time it's from an unexpected source, the CDC. What are the details and why can the CDC do such a thing?

Worried About Inflation? Buy Real Estate

If you're an investor in anything it's important you understand inflation and the impact it can have on your portfolio. Most importantly, how can you invest so that inflation has a negligible or positive affect on your investments? We'll tell you in this episode

Should you Invest in Real Estate during 2020?

It's 2020. Things have been crazy in many ways. Pandemics, riots, massive wildfires, a looming recession, high unemployment, and a presidential election. Is it wise to put your money into real estate investments during these interesting times or should you keep your money in cash and the stock market?

Invest Passively in Syndications and Pay Less Tax

Why would you want to invest passively in real estate through a syndication? Should you invest actively or passively? Let's talk about some reasons for investing in a syndication along with the tax advantages over your W2 job.

Why Multifamily Real Estate is a Great Investment

Multifamily as an asset class reigns king among investors and banks alike. However, most investors start out with a single-family home or two then realize that multifamily is a better option. Why is that? We'll explore some advantages of multifamily versus single-family in this episode.

Dan Gets Ghosted by the Seller

A contract doesn't mean the other party will abide by it. Sometimes, it just not worth it to sue someone. The best thing is to move on to the next deal.

IRS tax sale!

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How Unaccredited Investors can Invest Passively in Real Estate

How can an unaccredited real estate investor can get access to high yield investments normally reserved for accredited investors? The key lies in some new regulations from the SEC called Regulation A+ and Regulation CF. These offer some advantages over the usual Rule 506 Syndications and lower minimum dollar amounts to invest.

Affected by COVID-19? Withdraw from your retirement early and save $10,000 in taxes.

The CARES act of 2020 allows for the early withdrawal of up to $100,000 of retirement funds without having to pay the usual 10% penalty. You have to have been impacted somewhow by COVID-19. But who hasn't? Listen in for all the details.

Should You Buy REITs?

Here's a common question answered. Publicly traded REITs might be easily accessible with your brokerage account. However, they just don't compare to a tangible real estate investment.

Passive Investing for Unaccredited Investors

How can unaccredited investors access real estate syndications and other methods of investing in real estate without directly owning real estate? We'll tell you how in Part 1 of this series.

Are you an Accredited Investor?

What opportunities are available to you if you're accredited? What do you have to do to be accredited? What if you're not accredited?

Garn St.Germain Act

Land Trusts? Living Trusts? Adjustable-Rate Mortgages? How one piece of legislation passed in the 80s gave investors some great tools.

Asset Protection

Are you prepared for a lawsuit? Relying solely on your insurance policy may be a mistake. Here are some other things to consider regarding this important topic.

Real Estate Lending - Part 2

Here are some important vocabulary terms to understand before you seek lending on that investment property. Being able to "talk-the-talk" is important if you want to build credibility with your broker or lender.

Real Estate Lending - Part 1

Who are Fannie and Freddie and why are they important? A history on who they are and why they exist.

Don't Retire Poor

Brooke and Dan discuss some assumptions and pitfalls of the standard retirement model. But maybe there's another way outside of your standard retirement model to get to your goals. You can even retire sooner or gain financial independence faster with the help of real estate.

You Don't Need to See that Out-of-State Property Before You Buy it.

Do you really need to see that property before you buy it? If you live in a high cost of living area you might be doing most of your investing out of state. If that's the case, save your airfare, hotel, and rental car money and use it towards closing costs or renovations instead. We'll explain why.

The (Simple) Math of Real Estate

We break down the calculations most often used in evaluating our rental properties. Don't worry, this isn't College Calculus 404. It's all very simple! If you passed third-grade math and can use the calculator function on your phone you're all set.

The Different Asset Classes of Real Estate

We'll give a brief overview of the major asset classes in the real estate world

How to Find a Real Estate Agent

How do you find a real estate agent to work with? Most agents don't know how to work with investors. We'll show you a simple way to find an agent and some other useful information.

Why We Started This Podcast

Interview with Dan Kostopolus of Aqua Realty Investments

You don't have to directly own real estate to benefit from all the advantages of it. Listen to how Dan started with renting out his own home then bought multifamily property. Now Dan invests passively and raises capital from others.

The Tax Advantages of Owning Real Estate

Maybe you've heard that real estate is great for taxes. Or maybe you haven't. Here, the crew discusses the multiple ways the IRS gives you a tax advantage for owning real estate.

How We Determine the Value of our Real Estate

Here's a quick primer on determining the value or both Residential and Commercial Real Estate. Terms used: Comps, Comparables, GRM, Cap Rate, Cap Rate Compression.