All Episodes

#93 Four Types of Diversification

#92 Book Review: The Five Types of Wealth

#91 Different Real Estate Asset Classes: Cross Cutting Strategies

#90 Different Real Estate Asset Classes: Commercial Real Estate

#89 Different Real Estate Asset Classes: Residential Real Estate

#88 1031 Exchanges: Deferring Taxes to Accelerate Wealth

#87 Depreciation Recapture

#86 Book Review: The Science of Scaling

#85 The Differences Between Saving, Investing, and Speculating

#84 Successful Investors Know What They Are Looking For

#83 Reflections on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026

#82 What Are Your Plans for 2026?

#81 Book Review: The Gap and The Gain

#80 Taking Your First Step: A Practical Framework for New Syndication Investors

#79 Break Your Paycheck Dependency

#78 Why I Believe In Syndications

#77 Due Diligence: Evaluating the Deal Itself

#76 Beyond the Sponsor: Analyzing the Property That Will Generate Your Passive Income

#75 Book Review – Who Not How

#74 Different Types of Syndication Deals

#73 Understanding the Capital Stack and How It Impacts Your Returns

#72 Vetting a Syndication Sponsor

#71 How I Eliminate Deals That Don’t Work in Minutes

#70 Balancing Stocks and Real Estate in Your Portfolio

#69 My Take on Gold and Silver

#68 The Abundance Approach to Tax Strategy

#67 Automating Your Path to Financial Freedom

#66 Strategic Asset Ownership: Protecting What You Build

#65 Understanding GP-Operator Relationships: Critical Due Diligence

#64 Book Review – Tiny Habits

#63 Establishing Your Investment Thesis – Part 3: Determine Your Tactics

#62 Establishing Your Investment Thesis – Part 2: Clarify Your Strategy

#61 Establishing Your Investment Thesis – Part 1: Define Your Goal

60 Yield on Cost vs Cash-on-Cash and IRR

#59 Book Review: Finish: Give Yourself the Gift of Done

#58 Two Unfortunate Trends in Sponsor Communication

#57 Note Investing 101

#56  Breaking the “Never Sell” Myth

#55  Side-Gigs: Passion Project, Profit Generator, or Both

#54 Consistent strategy, evolving tactics

#53  Book Review: The Lifestyle Investor

#52  How compounding supercharges your net worth

#51  Your retirement number changes based on your investment strategy

#50 The benefit of separating accounts for financial goals

#49 The Invest 4 an Abundant Life Book Club – Building a community around books

#48  Book Review: Legal Strategies for Everyone

#47  Customer service lessons from the latest travel meltdown

#46 An example due diligence investigation on a facility (part 3/3)

#45  Our Pre-offer Due Diligence Process (part2/3)

#44 How do we evaluate a property to decide if it is a “deal”? (part 1/3)

#43  Book Review: Buy Back Your Time

#42  How to use arbitrage effectively

#41   8 tax advantages of real estate

#40 Will $1Trillion in interest payments force lower rates?

#39 Do your homework so you can take advantage of a deal when it appears

#38 Hands off investor book review

#37 Deep dive on our values: Reliability

#36  Deep dive on our values: Community

#35  Deep dive on our values: Freedom

#34 Deep dive on our values: Abundance

#33  How do you know who to take advice from?

#32  Key differences between REITs and syndications

#31  Book Review – 10x is easier than 2x

#30 What we look for in our investors

#29  Tax Adjusted Returns – understanding how taxes impact returns

#28  Risk adjusted returns – not all investments behave the same

#27  Book Review – Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

#26  Why I like the Texas market

#25  Why I like self storage facilities as an asset class

#24  Are your investment goals and strategy aligned?

#23 Don’t be afraid to ask the hard questions

#22 Your lawyer and CPA – don’t invest without them.

#21  Why do syndicators share their deals instead of keeping them all for themselves?

#20 What is a cost segregation and why should I care if I am not a real estate professional?

#19 Yes, you can lose money in real estate, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

#18 Appreciation vs cash flow investing philosophies

#17  How I think about, and manage, risk in real estate investing

# 16 What do you mean, “my home is not an asset”?

#15 Understanding common metrics defining returns: CoC, MOIC, and IRR

#14 What is a “preferred return” and how does it relate to a “waterfall”?

#13 What does “active investing” in real estate mean?

#12 Thoughts on the latest bank failures

#11  Definition: What is an accredited investor?

#10  When should you use an IRA or other retirement accounts to invest in syndications

#9  My (Current) Investment Philosophy

#8 My advice for new investors

#7  What I look for in a potential sponsor

#6 Where to put your investing dollars: REI vs the stock market – the numbers (part 2 of 2)

#5 Where to put your investing dollars: REI vs the stock market – High level (part 1 of 2)

#4 Why I started this blog – and MBC

#3 What documents should you expect to see as part of a syndication? (An Introduction to Syndications Article part 3 of 3)

#2 Who should consider investing in a syndication (An Introduction to Syndications Article part 2 of 3)

#1 An Introduction to Syndications (Part 1 of 3)