Y’all. It happened. I just bought my first apartment building! It was my goal last year to start investing in commercial real estate (5+ units). I ended up doing a few more single family and duplex projects in 2020 instead. I really, really wanted to invest locally, in Los Angeles — a city I love — but…
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Just Closed! I started buying investment properties a few years ago when I was still an educator… and before I even owned a home myself! For me it was important to invest my savings in assets that produced actual *income* (not just gambling that stock prices would go up). This is part of my path…
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How to Improve Your Credit to Buy a Home: First-Time Homebuyer Q&A Free Video Replay If you’re looking to buy a house and want to get your credit in the best shape possible, you’ll want to see these 5 tips on how to boost your credit score quickly and efficiently. Shiva Bhaskar from Tier One…
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I came to real estate through education. So for me, helping people buy and sell homes is only part of the work I do. Providing financial literacy education along with my real estate services is also how I support folks on the path to homeownership and financial freedom. (And the good thing is… I really…
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Renting out your house or investment property can be an excellent source of passive income. Once you start earning income is when your home finally becomes an asset! However, you want to make sure your investment is well-protected, and that you’re not fixing toilets all the time. One way to do this is to work…
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Docs your lender will ask for Okay, you are ready to buy a house! The one! With the yard! But…if you’re like most people, first you have to talk to a lender, get your finances in order and apply for a mortgage. Yikes! Where to start? Here is a typical list of documents your lender…
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Thank you Jason! Love working with you. “Have greatly enjoyed working with Sammy over the past year on real estate projects. Attention to detail, great communication, and expertise– exactly what I’m looking for in partners/realtors. Highly recommend!”
Down Payment Assistance for Educators and Healthcare Workers: First-Time Homebuyer Q&A Free Video Replay Did you know there are down payment assistance programs for teachers, school support staff & administrators, medical staff, EMT’s, nurses, firefighters and first responders? Fiona Bryan from Academy Mortgage and Sammy Lyon from Dow Capital answer questions on this live Zoom…
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I was in education for 11 years before I got into real estate. One of the things I wanted most was to buy a house. Not because I was trying to keep up with the Joneses. Or because it was what I was “supposed” to do. But because I dreamed of a beautiful homestead with wood floors,…
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Over the past couple years I became interested in housing, and how to re-think the traditional “get a J.O.B., buy a house, work til you die to pay off the mortgage” narrative for my life. Maybe many of us are questioning that too, given the current state of the world? As an educator, I also…
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