There is an expression that you get the good with the bad, and yes, the bad with the good.  It is critical to have a ...

While everyone has different ways to get “The deal,” I have never been successful following the traditional means.  I find that if a property is ...

Every time I teach a module on Land Trusts & Trustees, I always get asked the question, "Will my Trustee have any personal liability?" While I address ...

Commercial construction loan is a loan used to finance the construction of commercial property, such as office complexes, retail centers, apartments, hotels, warehouses, and other ...

I envisioned worst-case scenarios: rent strikes, phone calls at all hours of the day and night, and devastation by fire. My greatest fear was ...

"Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor." - Brian Tracy Property ...

In what may be the best news for real estate investors and all those involved in the industry, the U.S. Labor Department announced on May ...

Foreign investors in real estate say they remain committed to the U.S. as their preferred real estate investment opportunity. The sentiment is underscored by a ...

Upon seeing my good friends in San Diego early in November during the NAR Conference, and meeting several new ones from across the globe, I ...

Since I began writing this blog, I have tried to present knowledge, most acquired from the very best and brightest in residential and commercial real ...

One of the things that I spent a lot of time on at my recent Investor Discovery Day Event was the change of investment models. ...

"Darin, if you are going to invest your money make sure your investment is working as hard as it can, every day.  Our time is ...

Many investors are looking to jump into the world of commercial real estate after having success on the residential side, but don't have experience, knowledge, ...

I like experts.  A friend of mine told me that the definition of an expert consultant is that they know the 344 different ways to ...

I am wondering if you are going to participate in something that it seems most everyone else has chosen to participate in. Before ...

Let’s learn how to creatively finance our commercial and large apartment deals despite the big banks being super stingy and thumbing their noses at our ...

Unless you have been living in a lead cave OR have not been seeing or reading anything that I have been doing over the last ...

I mentioned the results of not doing a good job by really taking a look at and analyzing your financial statement. The worst thing ...

I just finished a transaction that made the buyer a lot of money. The bottom line is the buyer bought the property and made ...

When you sit down and analyze successful folks, in this case successful investors, you usually come up with the usual ones like: