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Is it Better to Put 20% Down or 25% Down?
Is it better to put 20% down or 25% down when buying rentals when you don't buy an owner-occupant property first?
Alternate Uses for Down Payments
Besides putting more down to decrease the amount you're borrowing, what else could you do with down payments to improve cash flow and make you a stronger borrower?
The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ Updated
Updates made to The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™.
Improving Cash Flow When Considering Your Real Estate Investing Strategy
All the strategies on how to improve cash flow when considering which real estate investing strategy to use.
How Much Should You Put Down When Buying Rental Properties
How does varying how much you put down impact your returns when buying rental properties?
Is It Better to Put 5% Down or 20% Down When Buying Rentals?
See how putting 5% down compares to putting 20% down to acquire 10 properties compares in 300 US cities.
How to Get the Down Payment When Buying Rental Properties
Learn how to produce the down payments you'll need to invest in rental properties.
Improving Cash Flow When Financing Your Next Rental Property
All the strategies on how to improve cash flow when financing your next rental property.
Reduce the Need for Down Payments When Buying Rental Properties
There are two primary ways to deal with down payments when buying rental properties: reduce the need for them and produce the down payment required. In this mini-class...
How Much Down Payment for Investment Property?
In this mini-class, James discusses the various down payment options available to real estate investors including some special owner-occupant loans for investors using...
What Does a Real Estate Agent Do When You’re Buying a Rental Property?
James discusses exactly what your real estate agent does when you're buying a rental property.
Improving Cash Flow When Searching for Your Next Rental Property
James discusses how to improve cash flow when searching for your next rental property.
Real Estate Financial Planner™ Coaching - When to Do Upgrades with a Value-Add Rental Property
James talks about how to determine when you do upgrades or improvements to a value-add rental property.
Real Estate Financial Planner™ Coaching - Your Financial Independence
Listen in to the Your Financial Independence module for the new Real Estate Financial Planner™ Coaching program for those looking to buy a property.
Real Estate Financial Planner™ Coaching - Introduction
Listen in to the introductory module for the new Real Estate Financial Planner™ Coaching program for those looking to buy a property.
What Does Financially Independent Mean?
Learn exactly what financially independent means, especially for real estate investors.
How to Calculate Cash on Cash Return on Investment
Learn how to calculate Cash on Cash Return on Investment for rental properties in Oakland, California.
Calculating Cap Rate for Rental Properties: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to calculate Cap Rate for rental properties in Oakland, California.
Why You Still Might Want to Invest in Real Estate in Oakland Despite High Prices, High Interest Rates, and Lagging Rents
High prices, high interest rates, lagging rents and poor cash flow? Still might be worth investing in real estate in Oakland, California.
Real Estate Nomad™ in Oakland
James walks you through the assumptions for Nomading™ in Oakland.
Modeling Your Real Estate Investments - Rules Overview
James goes over the different rules you can use to model your real estate investing strategy.
Are FHA Loans for Suckers?
James goes over the pros and significant cons of FHA loans and helps you determine if FHA loans are for suckers.
Housing Starts Reaction Video
James gives his off-the-cuff reaction to the latest national new construction housing starts charts for 1 units and 5+ units.
Effects of Shifting Economic Forces on the Real Estate Market
James was interview by Dave Goldberg with The Investor's Source about our current real estate market.
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting to Invest in Real Estate
A very personal podcast episode where James shares the mistakes he's made as a real estate investor and the 10 things he wish he knew before starting to invest in real...
Is Nomad Dead?!
The market has changed so much in the last couple of years... can you even do the same strategies we were doing a few years ago? Find out in this special throwback cla...
Having Confidence Modeling Retirement with Real Estate Investments
What is a reasonable mortgage interest rate to use when thinking about buying properties over several years? How confident are you in being able to get that rate?
Impact of Rapidly Rising Interest Rates on Real Estate Investors
With rising interest rates in Oakland, some investors are wondering if real estate investing is dead. James talks about historical interest rates and the impact of rap...
Throwback: Future Narrative Process™ for Oakland Real Estate Investors
James shares an advanced goal setting process for real estate investors in Oakland with this throwback recording from 2012.
Overcoming Hurdles to Real Estate Investing - Part 6 of 6: Inner Game
Part 6 of 6 parts. This one is all about inner game: committing, courage, capability and confidence. Real estate investors in Oakland often face similar challenges, hu...