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Some Things I Have Learned Managing My Investment Properties!

September13
Hugo Montenegro - Theme from The Good, The Bad and the Ugly! There's always the good, the bad and the ugly!!!  That being said, personal experience is a great teacher but a very expensive way to learn.  So, I'd like to share some of what I've learned from managing my own investment properties. If you've read any of my blogs, you know I have "put my money where my mouth is" concerning investment real estate and own multiple rental properties. I love that you use other people’s money (a mortgage) to handle the major portion of the purchase of an investment, the tenants’ pay off th… Read More

Investment Strategies…Doing Whatever it Takes!

September6
Ron Sexsmith "Whatever it Takes" An Investment Alternative To say the investment market is unsettling is an obvious understatement. The market is up, then down 8% in the last ten days and the news suggests that this roller-coaster ride may continue for awhile! Preservation of capital is probably today's most important investment consideration (especially for those enjoying or nearing retirement) and making a profit would be a bonus. Of all the conventional investment alternatives like stocks, bonds, mutual funds, gold, commodities, CDs and annuities, housing could be one the… Read More

August 2011 Portland Metro Real Estate Update!

August20
Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Keep on Moving" August 2011 Portland Metro Real Estate Update! “Summertime and the livin’ is easy”!  Or, perhaps it just feels “easier”.  After all, the summer season took it’s sweet time getting to the Portland area so we deserve whatever “easiness” we can scrounge!  Otherwise, if you’re suffering from a bit of motion sickness, it’s probably the wild ride we experienced with our stock market!  So, how’s the real estate market, you ask?  The end of 2010 and the first part of 2011 definitely saw an upswing in real estate acti… Read More

STOP! I Want OFF the Roller Coaster!!! Portland Oregon Investment Property…

August11
"Roller Coaster Song" I never liked roller coaster rides, even as a child! So, I find the current stock market VERY unsettling! The market is down xxx amount (I can't keep up with it) in the last few days. I could take my savings out of the stock market and mutual funds and stick it in a sock drawer but I'm not sure that's the answer either??? I'd probably inadvertently put my socks through the wash...and then what? Preservation of capital is probably today's most important investment consideration (especially for boomers nearing retirement) and making a profit would definitely be … Read More