When Sellers Overvalue Rental Properties
March 23, 2026 | 2 Minute Read I will be honest. It’s a tough time to acquire rentals as a buy and hold investor. Many sellers—including investors and their agents—are insisting on selling at or near appraised value, regardless of whether the property needs significant capital improvements. Trying to explain realistic investor pricing in this […]
New Fed Rule Targets Cash Buyers
March 9, 2026 | 2.5 Minute Read This past Friday, we refinanced 16 properties from three different portfolios and lenders into a single loan. Our rate went from 4.5% to 6.375%. You can read more about that in “The Refinance That Boosted Our Cash Flow 50%.” In this article, I want to focus on something […]
The Game Changing REI Strategy You Need
November 24, 2025 | 4 Minute Read High interest rates have pushed many traditional homebuyers to the sidelines — but for savvy real estate investors, this market has created one of the most overlooked opportunities in years: assumable mortgages. While mortgage rates are hovering above 6–7%, millions of homeowners still hold loans locked in at […]
Refinancing Your Rental? Ask This One Question
November 17, 2025 | 3 Minute Read Many investors come to me for help securing bridge and refinance loans—usually when they reach the third R in the BRRRR strategy: Refinance. That third R is the turning point. It determines whether your capital stays trapped in a property indefinitely or gets recapitalized into acquiring more deals. […]
How I Influence Appraisers Without Breaking Rules
October 20, 2025 | 2 Minute Read Through REI Brokers (www.reibrokers.com), I help investors secure bridge loans and refinance their rental properties. The biggest value I bring is that I’m an investor just like them—we speak the same language and face the same day-to-day challenges (shameless plus). On a current refinance with my fellow investor […]
My Week of Chaos Running Short-Term Rentals
October 13, 2025 | 3 Minute Read The past week has been interesting, to say the least, for our short-term rentals. Right now, we’re operating eight properties—down from sixteen when we first started. Why the Reduction Simply put, some of the properties weren’t performing to our expectations. While they were still profitable, the returns didn’t […]
Which Is Smarter: 5/1 ARM or 30 Yr Fixed?
October 13, 2025 | 3 Minute Read Many of you know that we help investors secure bridge and DSCR refinance loans—and we don’t just assist others, we actively finance our own projects the same way. Last week, my business partner and I began evaluating the refinance options for four of our properties: Short-Term Rental: $142,500 […]
It’s Not a Mortgage Rate Problem. It’s a Price Problem
August 4, 2025 | 3 Minute Read There’s a lot of noise right now about interest rates and the housing market. You’ve probably heard the common refrain:“If the Fed would just lower rates, houses would start selling again.” But that misses the bigger picture. We don’t have a mortgage rate problem—we have a home price […]
The Deceitful Trick Wholesalers Use to Increase Profits
June 30, 2025 | 2 Minute Read While browsing the MLS, I found a property listed for $57,500. I contacted the agent—only to learn it was actually a wholesaler, who failed to disclose “seller holds equitable interest.” That’s a required disclosure when marketing a contract on the MLS. Still, I scheduled a showing. The home […]
Winning in a Tightening Real Estate Market
June 2, 2025 | 2 Minute Read When we talk about where the market is heading—how things are shifting and how people are feeling—it really all comes down to the money. Leads are still coming in. Properties are still moving, just not as quickly. Especially on the flip side (dispositions), things are taking slightly longer, […]