There seems to be an ongoing debate lately about renting vs. owning a home. Of course, conventional wisdom, as well as my real estate agent brainwashing says that owning a home is the way to go. When you rent, you are throwing away money. Plus, homes appreciate and you’ll get rich by owning your own [...]

You know whats a good way to add value to your home? Update that old flooring. If you’ve got old unrepairable hardwood, or 1980s carpet, maybe its time to install some quality laminate flooring to update the house. Laminate flooring is a cost effective alternative to real hardwood floors. Yesterday I spent the whole day [...]

Before my college days, I absolutely hated reading. It’s not so much that I disliked the material, but most of the school books did a great job of put me to sleep after the first three pages. The only time I would actually be excited to read a book was when it was a book [...]

 Gary Eldred released the 5th edition of his guide to investing in real estate. Andrew Mclean (co-author) left the project after the first edition. In this book Gary presents an easy to understand, straight forward handbook for building and maintaining wealth through real estate investments. I loved the book when I read the fourth edition [...]

This morning I came across an interesting article on the front page of Yahoo Finance. This article was titled The Worst Investment Ever Guess what, this person was talking about real estate, specifically houses! Of course he was comparing the investment to stocks. This topic of stocks vs. real estate has been beaten to death. [...]