Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast

When it comes to buying real estate as an investment, you need to have a game plan. But that often changes when the market fluctuates making yesterday's game plan obsolete and creating the need for a new one, or modifications. But successful real estate investors know how to pivot and it's those investors who can teach how to avoid some of the worst pitfalls. In this episode, you'll hear from some...

This special episode of the Real Wealth Show is the first in our new "Ask Kathy" series where Kathy is the guest on her own show, answering questions from listeners. Her husband, Rich Fettke, joins her in this debut as co-host for a lively conversation about how they got started in real estate, why they founded their company RealWealth, how the company helps investors, how it gets paid, and some t...

With high interest rates pouring cold water on the housing market, many people are sitting on the sidelines waiting for a pause in the madness. However, seasoned investors are seeing things a bit differently. Many of them are looking at homebuyer hesitation as an opportunity to get deals without a lot of competition. In this episode, you'll hear from my partner on our single family rental fund to...

As the Fed continues to raise interest rates to slow down a booming economy and unacceptably high inflation, there are a several questions on the minds of every real estate investor, including: 1 - Are we going into a recession? 2 - Will there be a housing crash? How far will home prices fall? 3 - Will there be more evictions and rent reductions? 4 - Will we see an uptick in foreclosure activity?...

If long-term rentals aren't giving you enough cash flow, and short-term rentals seem like too much trouble, there IS a third option. By renting your property as a furnished home for 30-days or more, you can increase your cash flow, avoid local short-term regulations and occupancy tax, simplify your bookkeeping, and use your property as a guest home when it's not rented. It's a niche that seems to...

With real estate headlines forecasting a recession, many investors and potential buyers are sitting on the sidelines. This is creating an opportunity for seasoned investors to acquire better deals with less competition. In this episode, you'll hear from two rock star real estate investors, who are in rapid acquisition mode, after years of battling over scarce inventory. Find out what and where the...

Title insurance is something that many people don't pay attention to. It's required by lenders so it's automatically part of the home-buying process for people taking out home loans. But for people who pay in cash, like many investors, it's optional. And it's not something you want to forget or ignore because not having a clear title can mean big trouble down the road. In this episode, you'll hear...

The Fed raised rates by another 75 basis points in September, bringing the overnight lending rate to a range of 3 to 3.25%. That's the highest it's been since 2008. In this episode, you'll hear how the impact these rates hikes are having on the economy and the housing market from John Burns of John Burns Real Estate consulting. John has offices all over the country advising its research subscriber...

Buying an apartment building might seem a little intimidating to mom & pop investors, but it doesn't have to be. Like anything, you need to study the topic before you dive in. And that can be done in different ways, including the use of a mentor to teach you the ropes. In today's episode, you'll hear from Brad Sumrok who ditched his job, found a mentor, and started investing in multi-family apartm...

How do you transition out of professional football into another wealth-building career? Dean Rogers lived the dream of a pro athlete with a big paycheck, so starting over was not easy. But once he started learning about real estate, he tackled the subject like a pro-football player, and three months later, he did his first deal. That was nine years ago. In this episode, you'll hear how he launched...

When you buy a property insurance policy, do you know what's covered and what's excluded? Many of us read the declarations page, but it's the contract that has all the details. And it's those details that could surprise us when we are suddenly faced with a crisis, and are expecting our insurance to cover the costs. In this episode, you'll hear from a public insurance adjuster who says that most pr...

In this episode you'll hear about an amazing journey by someone who wanted to create a more meaningful lifestyle. It began more than 20 years ago, when Jamie Bianchini quit his corporate job, and decided to ride around the world on a bicycle. But it wasn't any kind of bicycle. It was a tandem bicycle that he shared with the strangers he met along the way. It was an epic 81 country intercultural ex...

Wealth is not created by trading time for money. It's also not created by simply putting your money to work. In this episode, you'll hear about a third option – the use of other people's money or OPM to buy income-producing real estate in recession-resilient markets. Our guest, Keith Weinhold, has an investing mantra. He asks himself and others: "What's your return on time?" He says one doesn't si...

When you sell an investment property, you are usually faced with a big capital gains tax bill, if you've held the property for more than a year. For properties held for less than a year, you'll owe ordinary income tax on your gains. Either way, it can be a big tax bill, but there is a way to push that tax bill down the road, and possibly eliminate it altogether with a 1031 Exchange. As you may kno...

There are three important metrics to consider when you make a decision to buy investment property - job growth, population growth, and affordability. And with more than 400 metros across the U.S., you have lots to choose from but those metrics will vary greatly from metro to metro so it's important to consider them carefully. In today's episode, you'll hear from an experienced investor who talks a...

They created a very simple five-year plan that focused on industrial real estate, and some family planning. It went something like this: "property, baby, property, property, baby". And it worked! They were able to ditch their jobs as UCLA professors, and have enough money and time to enjoy their growing family. In this episode, Kim Hopkins joins Kathy Fettke for an animated conversation about a li...

It's amazing what one person can accomplish in real estate with the right opportunities, knowledge and funding. But there are also a lot of rules to follow, and mistakes can have serious consequences. In the case of a real estate syndicator in charge of other people's money, a mistake can land you in jail. That's what happened to the guest in this episode. Mike Morawski is a multi-family syndicato...

We love to hear inspiring real wealth stories and we've got one from a woman who immigrated from India at the age of 21. She became a respected environmental engineer but ditched that job for a career in real estate. She is now helping clients find properties and buying real estate for her own portfolio. In this episode, you'll hear how her engineering background helped build her business as an ag...

Mortgage rates did a big turn-around over the last two weeks. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped a half a percentage point to an average of 5.3%. That's not as low as it was this time last year, but the two-week difference in rates is saving homebuyers about $100 dollars in monthly mortgage payments. Will these lower rates last? In today's episode, you'll hear from Lending Tree's Senior Econo...

With home prices and interest rates up dramatically over the last year, does it still make sense to buy rental property? Should you invest in a rental when there's very little cash flow, or even no cash flow at all? Maybe you should wait until home prices come back down a little, to help boost your numbers. Will that happen? Will prices come down? A lot of people think they will but the guest in t...

When it comes to real estate investing, there are five basic categories – residential, commercial, industrial, raw land, and special use. You can break those categories down into sub-categories. A few of the more common ones are single-family rentals, apartment buildings, retail properties, and office space but there are many more. In this episode, you'll hear from serial investor, Kevin Bupp, who...

There are 10-million second homes in the US, yet, on average, they're only occupied 8 weeks a year. That's 440 million weeks that vacation homes sit unoccupied, unused, and unloved. But there's a new tech-driven co-ownership option that matches your vacation time with the cost to own that home. And it's nothing like a timeshare or tenants in common. In this episode, you'll hear from Jeff Lyman abo...

As real estate prices continue to climb, you may be wondering whether it's still a good place to put your money. Are we teetering at the top of the market or Is there further to climb? What about inflation, the inverted yield curve on bond yields, and numerous predictions for a recession next year? What do all these factors tell us about real estate? In this episode, we'll hear from someone who's...

It's not easy watching mortgage rates move higher when you're in the market for a loan, but the rates we're seeing right now are still low compared to what they've been historically. And you can't beat real estate when it comes to building wealth for your retirement. In this episode, you'll hear from real estate investor and mortgage lender Richard Advani on the lending environment for investors,...

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