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What’s the end goal?

Thank you @shoutoutlaofficial! “Hi Sammy, we’d love to hear more about your end-goal, professionally. The end goal is freedom over my time! Professionally I want to be at a place where I choose what I do each day, and how I spend my life hours. Money can come and go but I can never get my…
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Either you work for money or your money works for you

Who feels it? Who’s going to do something about it? #financialfreedom #realestate #money #geturmoneyright Oh — there’s also “your money works for somebody else!” Aka your rent paying someone else’s mortgage and building up their equity; your money in the bank paying you .01% interest while they use it to lend out at 3.5% interest (where do you think…
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How to build your team when investing out of state

In 2018 I bought my first investment property. I literally learned what to do from podcasts and books. Oh and I also took a real estate night class at community college that semester. The most important things I did were: 1) Got my money right. I focused on investing every dollar above what was needed…
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Do you earn it or receive it?

Do you earn it or do you receive it? Money’s complicated for sure. But the way we are taught to be with it, or earn it, is not really all that sustainable. Now that I’ve shifted my mindset, making money feels more like a game, a puzzle to crack. How many different sources can I…
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LA is the least affordable market

Los Angeles is the least affordable market in the country. Despite a median household income of $62,142, a family in L.A. would have to spend 85.60% of their annual income to own, or $4,433 per month in dollar terms. For this reason, I help people think about strategies to make housing more affordable in this…
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Is your business networking group this cool?

Is your business networking group this cool? #leadsclub #leadsclubla @riangainzzz @noellebellinghausen @lightlifefitness @sbizzy57 @sloera21 @fionajbryan @sofiarosesmith @evolvebenton @mkrishnancpa_ka @rose_amezcuamoll @derick.roberts.7

You have a new review from Rachel

Thank you Rachel! Congrats on the new home. “Excellent business! Sammy is thoughtful, communicative, organized, and will go the extra mile for clients.”

Home Buying Resources

Free Workshops for First Time Homebuyers and Real Estate Investors! You can subscribe here if you’d like a notification about the next workshop! www.lyonideas.com/mailing-list Who needs an estate plan? Glenn Yamada from HG Estate Planning and Sammy Lyon from Dow Capital share what an estate plan is, and who needs one. Glenn answers the following questions…
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My First Apartment Building

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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Sold Another Duplex

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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