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Preserving principal and reducing risk with a deliberate portfolio-matching strategy. (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an investor expressing...

Property-level due diligence basics: "pro-forma popping," sensitivity analysis, and "stall and see" (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an...

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A profitable exit on a risky investment (finally!), a dump of (awful) Lending Club loans, and a new long-term hold to avoid taxes...

"It's the End of the Mall As We Know It..." 2017 set all sorts of terrible records for retail. Decades of overbuilding and gr

Self storage occupancy suddenly falls to lowest since 2014. Senior housing has been dropping for 2 years. As more building continues, no...

You can pay $0 in tax by pairing depreciation with a technique humorously called "defer, defer and die". Also, the new tax law opens up...

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Rare sponsor with multiple-cycle experience and has never lost investor money. B-/C+ multi family value-added strategy with long-term...

This, on top of SEC investigation for marketing fraud, adds to embattled platform's woes. Now, a new Wall Street Journal article alleges...

A dry real-estate study contains a hidden bombshell: One of the most popular ways investors pick "the best" investment is usually...

A new study of all major asset classes (going back to the 19th century) finds that long run returns from un-leveraged residential real...

Core has outperformed other strategies over the long run, yet is glaringly absent from the crowdfunding platforms. The Private Investor...

Sweeping changes will create some big winners, big losers and mixed results for others. Understand what's coming so you can strategize...

The best of this almost impossible-to-find, but highly recommended and historically high-performing strategy. (Disclaimer: I'm an...

Unregistered investments put on notice that they're breaking the law, and can expect vigorous policing and enforcement 2018-02-01: Cyber...

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