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Smart real estate investing will give you the time and the money to live life on your own terms! We call that real wealth. Host Kathy Fettke is Co-CEO of Real Wealth Network, author of the best selling “Retire Rich with Rentals" and the host of companion podcast, Real Estate News for Investors. Kathy Fettke launched this podcast in 2003 to share her own secrets and those of top experts in the real estate investing field. She along with guests like Robert Kiyosaki, Peter Schiff, Doug Duncan, ...
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Is the Fed Getting Outdated Data from the Jobs Report?
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The jobs report for May was a surprise to the upside, with 272,000 new jobs. Wage growth also came in hotter than expected. Good news, right? But maybe it’s not so good for the fight against inflation. It stokes fear among Fed officials that inflation could heat up again if they cut interest rates too soon. With so much weight given to those report…
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What You Need to Know About Syndicated Real Estate Deals
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Syndicated real estate deals can be complicated and can look like a lot of legal mumbo jumbo, but you CAN make sense of it all with a few good pointers! And that’s what you’re going to get in this interview – a short-but-sweet overview of the syndicated real estate deal in language you can understand. Our guest is a syndication lawyer who will expl…
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Rent vs Homeownership: Is the Answer that Simple?
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With interest rates hovering around 7% and housing prices still soaring, does it make sense to be a homeowner? Or would it be wiser to rent, spend less money, and enjoy more lifestyle flexibility? And how will the lawsuits against NAR impact the cost of buying a home? Will they help bring prices down by reducing real estate agent fees? These are ho…
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How Real Estate Can Give You BIG TIME Tax Savings!
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Tax deductions are a big deal for real estate investors and there’s one important deduction that’s dangling from a cliff right now. It’s the 100% bonus depreciation that’s currently hung up in the Senate, past the date mentioned in this interview. But our guest, Brandon Hall, will fill you in on exactly how this deduction works and why it’s so impo…
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Beyond Bigger Pockets: Brandon Turner's Real Estate Odyssey
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I love getting together with long-time real estate investing friends. It’s been a few decades now since I started investing in rental properties and co-founded RealWealth to help other people do the same. We recently held a live event in the San Francisco Bay Area to showcase a few rental markets we are excited about and I had the opportunity to ca…
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Insurance Expert Lays It On The Line For Homeowners & Real Estate Investors
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Homeowners are seeing their insurance costs skyrocketing, and in some cases, they are getting their insurance canceled all together, even after they’ve bought insurance from the same company for years without any claims. What should homeowners and real estate investors know about buying property insurance in today’s market? In this episode, you’ll …
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CoreLogic’s Selma Hepp Helps You Better Understand the Current Economy
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The economy is a beast that keeps us on our toes. It is constantly evolving and is never easy to figure out. But it helps to hear how top economists are interpreting the data and what they are forecasting for various segments of the economy, such as housing and real estate. In this episode, you’ll hear from long-time award-winning economist Selma H…
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How You Can Make Better Investing Decisions in a Difficult Economic Environment
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There are so many ways to invest your money, but it’s difficult to know whether you are making the right decisions. Should you invest in real estate, stocks, bonds, or just tuck your money away in a savings account? Is it smart to invest when inflation remains stubbornly high? What happens if we really do have a recession? What’s up with the centra…
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Joe Fairless: How to Build a Real Estate Empire with Just $20,000 and an Entrepreneurial Mindset!
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Can you imagine saving almost everything you earn and living like a college student for several years just to buy your first home? And then, house hacking your way into more savings so you can invest in real estate? It’s the kind of challenge that some of the most successful real estate investors have accepted, including today’s guest, Joe Fairless…
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Find Out How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax on a Property Sale! (Hint: 1031 Exchange)
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The buy and hold strategy is a great strategy for real estate investors, but what do you do if your property has increased substantially in value and is no longer giving you a reasonable return on your equity? In other words, if you consider the value of your property today, would it still make sense to rent it out? If not, you may be sitting on a …
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Residential Real Estate Top Choice for this CRE Expert!
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Are you wondering which real estate asset class will be the most profitable in 2024 and beyond? In this episode, you’ll hear from an expert who began his real estate career right after the Global Financial Crisis or what many of us call the Great Recession in 2010. He worked in New York City with a fund that was acquiring all kinds of distressed as…
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One Man’s Real Estate Mission to End Veteran Homelessness
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For many people, investing in real estate is a means to an end. You put money into real estate to earn your way toward financial freedom. But the big benefit is to have more time to do the things that really matter to you. Many investors like to spend more time with their families, but it could be anything that you’re passionate about. In this epis…
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Navigating the Commercial Real Estate Crisis, with John Chang of Marcus & Millichap
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There's been a lot of debate about the state of the economy and so many questions about where we're headed next. Are we going to see banks tumbling because of commercial loans that can’t be refinanced? Are we headed into a recession because of high interest rates? What's going to happen with the housing market as demand keeps pushing home prices un…
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How the Corporate Transparency Act Could Create a Paperwork Nightmare for Small Business Owners
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The Corporate Transparency Act is suddenly in the spotlight as a paperwork nightmare that just got shot down in court, but only for a specific group of individuals. Millions more will still be required to comply with the legislation, and the Federal Government has said it will appeal the ruling that protects members of that one group, so the fight …
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How to Enrich Your Love Life with Family-Friendly Investing Goals
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Do you want to know how to make your next vacation tax deductible? Have you thought about including your kids or other family members in your real estate investing business but don’t know where to start? Would you like to know about a few tax loopholes that could cut your taxes in half? If you answered ‘yes” to any of those questions, you are in fo…
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Should You Buy Commercial Real Estate NOW or Wait?
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Have you been wanting to get into commercial real estate? Are you thinking that NOW may be the time to take advantage of the distress we’re seeing in the commercial real estate market? Well, you may have hit the jackpot with this episode! Our guest is commercial real estate expert, Ben Lapidus. Ben was recently a partner and chief financial officer…
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What You Need to Know About HVAC Systems “Before” You Buy that Rental!
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What potential issues should you be looking for when purchasing an investment property? It’s easy to spot superficial issues, but others may not be obvious - such as the condition of the home’s heating and cooling system. And replacing an HVAC system can be costly! The secret formula is simple, cost effective, and reliable. But how do you make that…
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