What is property maintenance?

In its simplest terms, property maintenance is the general upkeep of a building and the property around that building. Often confused with property management, it is actually a highly specialized professional service that involves a number of tasks related to maintaining a wide range of facilities, from apartment complexes, office […]

Why NOT Buy a Foreclosure

In today’s topsy-turvy real estate market, it seems there are always a handful of real estate agents and brokers who “insist” that buying a foreclosure is a great deal and everyone should own at least 4-5 of them. Well, to tell you the truth, some of what they say is […]

Revealing the self-directed IRA

There are 11 types of IRAs; That’s right Eleven! But do you know about the self-directed IRA and what are the benefits? Most investors mistakenly believe they have a “self-directed IRA” when in reality they have one that limits their options to a few types of investments. Within your plan, […]

Peaceful Wealth: The Cost of Stock Market Alchemy

My first essay (Peaceful Wealth: Where do we start the journey?) focused on the huge gap between market returns and the actual returns achieved by the average investor. Many attribute this appalling performance solely to poor investor decisions and inappropriate behavior. My second essay (Peaceful Wealth: Beware the Broken Business […]