Are Real Estate Syndications in your future? A conversation moderated by Bill Roberts A few definitions are needed for this conversation. Real Estate syndications are basically partnerships that own and/or operate real property investments. These partnerships generally take the form of an LLC -
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02/22/2013
What have I learned as a blogger on ActiveRain by Bill Roberts I started blogging here on AR on July 2, 2007. When I started, I didn't know anything about blogging. I got invited to join and I had a little free time, so I thought I would give it a try. I started writing posts about anything and e
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02/20/2013
Dispelling the myth about real estate investing by Bill Roberts How many times have you said "I just don't have enough money to invest in real estate right now?" Well, its one thing to say that to someone else, but it is an entirely different thing to say it to yourself. Good property suitable fo
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02/17/2013
Buy sight unseen? Why not? by Bill Roberts Or is it site unseen? Either way, it describes what I do. Investing in real estate is a business decision, not an emotional decision. What does looking at it have to do with the decision to buy or not? what are the criteria for making the "Buy" decision?
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02/13/2013
What Do You Do While You Are Waiting For Your Escrow To Close? by Bill Roberts If you are like many of us, you are biting your nails. Not every escrow closes. "Is this one of them?" you ask yourself. "Can I make the mortgage payment this month?" We are in a Feast or Famine business. It's just the
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02/11/2013
The Case For Real Estate in Retirement Planning by Bill Roberts If I want to retire I will need more than a million in my retirement fund. Otherwise I just won't have enough monthly income to pay my ongoing living expenses. Fidelity (you know, the Green Line on the floor) is the largest custodian
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02/11/2013
Is the answer always "later"? A little perspective by Bill Roberts I just read a cute story about a fisherman. You need to read it too. The Fisherman Story. So now for my perspective. I've worked my entire life. I'll be 70 in a couple of months and I started working at 10. Sixty years. Thirty yea
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02/04/2013
