A Quick Guide to Real Estate Investing

In today’s market, stocks and other “traditional” investments are fading from the safety zone as forecasts of the future become more and more obscure. As Americans’ trust in Wall Street seems to wane, surprisingly the one solid foundation we can go back to believing in is real estate. What has become blatantly clear for most savvy investors is that we are experiencing one of the most opportune times in almost a century to invest in real estate.

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General Investing Questions & Answers

All of our loan officers are thoroughly trained and experienced to assist investors in every aspect of rehab and financing of thier real estate project. From purchase, to rehab, all the way to selling, Direct lending Partner & its loan officers have the experience investors need to complete a fast no hassle rehab investment.

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History of Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding has a long history with more than one root. Books have been crowdfunded for centuries: Authors and publishers would advertise book projects inpraenumeration or subscription schemes. The book would be written and published if enough subscribers signaled their readiness to buy the book once it was out. The subscription business model is not exactly crowdfunding since the actual flow of money will only begin with the arrival of the product. The list of subscribers has, on the other hand, the power to create the necessary confidence among investors that is needed to risk the publication.

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How To Do a 1031 Exchange

To do a 1031 exchange effectively, you must exchange one property for another property of similar value. In the process you avoid capital gains, at least for a while.

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Real Estate Investing for Beginners

Real estate accounts for 60% of the world’s mainstream assets — and a significant portion of all national, corporate and personal wealth. With that in mind, real estate investing clearly deserves consideration from any individual or business looking for asset classes in which to invest a portion of their capital

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The Sell or Rent Decision for Rehab Investors

Fix-and-Flip Projects

In planning real estate projects for 2015, rehab investors often tackle fix-up projects of foreclosed and older homes. After the repairs are done, though, should investors “flip”—sell—the property, or hold it and rent it out?

A successful fix-and-flip project can provide flippers a substantial return on investment. Distressed or foreclosed properties can sometimes be purchased at a fraction of the cost of nearby comparable real estate. After adding some modern touches to the fix-up property to appeal to today’s homebuyer, flippers can hopefully sell the property at current market rates and reap a decent return on investment.

That dynamic changes a bit, though, if renters remain the dominant force in the housing market.

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What is a 1031 Real Estate Exchange

Thanks to IRC Section 1031, a properly structured 1031 exchange allows an investor to sell a property, to reinvest the proceeds in a new property and to defer all capital gain taxes. IRC Section 1031 (a)(1) states:

“No gain or loss shall be recognized on the exchange of property held for productive use in a trade or business or for investment, if such property is exchanged solely for property of like-kind which is to be held either for productive use in a trade or business or for investment.”

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What is an ‘Accredited Investor’

For persons resident in the United States, only “accredited investors” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), with a valid User ID and password, are authorized to access such services and web pages (such persons being (“Accredited Investors”)).

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What is Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising monetary contributions from a large number of people, today often performed via internet-mediated registries, but the concept can also be executed through mail-order subscriptions, benefit events, and other methods.Crowdfunding is a form of alternative financing which has emerged outside of the traditional financial system.​

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