Rental Property Tip #1: The Hidden Cost of Crime
Learn about how investing in high-crime areas can impact the success of your rental properties and the size of your returns on investment.
Entries by Jordan
COVID-19 and Your Investments
It’s rough out there. In lieu of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak’s tumultuous effect on our economy, I thought I ought to jot down a few notes about when and how you should (and should not) allow the virus to influence your investment decisions. First things first, though: if you are feeling depressed, isolated, helpless, or […]
Interview with Sebastian Junger, author of “Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging”
Hey Everyone, Recently, I hosted renowned conflict journalist, author, TED speaker, and filmmaker Sebastian Junger to discuss his book Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging, as well as his National Geographic documentary Hell on Earth, which looks at the Syrian civil war. This is a two-part talk. The first part is about Sebastian’s book, and the second […]
Responding to Real Estate Yellow Letters
After you purchase your first RE investment, you will magically start receiving yellow letters from realtors asking to purchase your property. For the longest time, I would run the following program in my mind: If(mail = yellowLetter) {throw away}. What a Wasted Opportunity
Investor Interview – Amanda Han and Matt McFarland
At our last Silicon Valley Investors Club meet up, my friends Amand Han and Matt MacFarland joined us to talk about real estate tax strategies for 2019. They are the husband and wife CPA team behind Keystone CPA, certified public accountant practice that specializes in helping real estate investors create plans to maximize the tax […]
Blinded by Numbers: How Fixating on Metrics Can Lead to Bad Investments
Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.—William Bruce Cameron I was talking to a group of real estate investors at an investors meet-up. A few of them purchased buy and hold properties in the middle of the Great Recession. They focused on the numbers and closed a buy and […]
Interview with Anne Wojcicki – CEO of 23andme
Hey Everyone, Anne Wojcicki is the Co-Founder and CEO for 23andMe. Her company helps users learn about their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits via at-home genetics test kits and genetic mapping research. In 2007, 23andMe became the first company to offer autosomal DNA testing for ancestry, becoming a pioneer in the field, and developing technology […]
Interview with Annie Duke of World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions winner and author of Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don’t Have All the Facts
“Don’t get so down on yourself for your bad outcomes and don’t pat yourself on the back so hard for the good ones.” – Annie duke Hey Everyone, Annie Duke, World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions winner, joined us to talk about talk about her latest book Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You […]
