Author: Doug Fath

Finding great deals is only the first part of what real estate investors have to do to be successful. After the first deal or two, most investors, especially those doing fix-and-flips, start running out of cash. Some of them have spent time looking into how to raise capital from real estate private lenders, but many … Continued

If you were starring on your own fixer-upper TV show, you wouldn’t have to worry about getting a rehab loan for your next fix-and-flip. But, of course, most rehabbers are not on TV and they know it’s not as easy as seen on TV. So where do we go for rehab loans? Certainly comedian Bob … Continued

Real estate investors, especially flippers, who are doing more deals more rapidly usually start to run into a major roadblock at some point: As if the process to getting a mortgage or loan wasn’t already painfully slow and difficult, banks limit the number of mortgages you can hold and usually have little interest in loaning … Continued

Robert Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad is a must-read book for our generation. The storytelling approach draws you in so you’ll clearly see the contrast between two very different views on work, money and the future. The first view that Kiyosaki learned from his dad will sound familiar to most us: Study hard, get a … Continued

Invest with a margin of safety. Warren Buffet, one of the greatest investors of our time, identifies that principle as one of the cornerstones of sound investing. The principle certainly also applies as much to real estate investing as it does to the stock market. We ignore it at our own peril. Most rehab projects … Continued