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The Conservative Investor's Guide to Picking Real Estate Investments: Part 3 - Property Basics.
Property-level due diligence basics: "pro-forma popping," sensitivity analysis, and "stall and see" (Usual disclaimer: I'm just an...
Ian Ippolito
Apr 29, 201814 min read
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New Low-Cost Way to Access Top-Ranked Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT)
BREIT is by far the largest and one of the best diversified core+ strategy funds (which along with core has historically outperformed all...
Ian Ippolito
Apr 15, 20183 min read
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New "Code of Ethics" for the Site and Investment Club
Many financial sites and investment clubs suffer from significant conflicts of interest that compromise their neutrality, integrity and...
Ian Ippolito
Apr 7, 20183 min read
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New Study Incidentally Reveals Secrets to Real Estate Success: Long-Term Holds and Timing
However, its main conclusion (that apartments walloped other commercial real estate classes) is questionable, and marred with a...
Ian Ippolito
Mar 28, 20183 min read
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A Peek Inside My 7-Figure Real Estate Portfolio: 2018 Q1/Q2 Update
A profitable exit on a risky investment (finally!), a dump of (awful) Lending Club loans, and a new long-term hold to avoid taxes...
Ian Ippolito
Mar 8, 20186 min read
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Retail Armageddon Hits High-end Malls and Some Grocery-Anchored Strip Malls May Be Next
"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
Ian Ippolito
Feb 28, 20184 min read
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Self Storage, Senior Housing Drop to Lowest Levels Since 2014
Self storage occupancy suddenly falls to lowest since 2014. Senior housing has been dropping for 2 years. As more building continues, no...
Ian Ippolito
Feb 20, 20183 min read
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How to Invest in Real Estate Without Paying a Penny of Tax (Legally): Part 2: "Defer, Defer and Die"
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...
Ian Ippolito
Feb 12, 201810 min read
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How to Invest in Real Estate w/o Paying a Penny of Tax: Part 1 Why IRAs + 401k's don't cut it
You can pay $0 in tax. IRA's/Solo 401k's are okay but won't get you the whole way there, due to limited tax sheltering and/or significant...
Ian Ippolito
Feb 12, 20187 min read
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Investor Club Exclusive: First Shot at Upcoming Off-Platform Deal from Popular All-Star Sponsor
Rare sponsor with multiple-cycle experience and has never lost investor money. B-/C+ multi family value-added strategy with long-term...
Ian Ippolito
Jan 30, 20182 min read
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Rich Uncles' auditor charged with accounting fraud by SEC
This, on top of SEC investigation for marketing fraud, adds to embattled platform's woes. Now, a new Wall Street Journal article alleges...
Ian Ippolito
Jan 29, 20182 min read
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Beware of Sponsor Promises of a "Demographic Tailwind"
A dry real-estate study contains a hidden bombshell: One of the most popular ways investors pick "the best" investment is usually...
Ian Ippolito
Jan 24, 20183 min read
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Groundbreaking New Study (called "The Rate of Return of Everything") Finds Long-term Returns of Real Estate Walloped Bonds and Treasuries...and did About the Same as Stocks.
A new study of all major asset classes (going back to the 19th century) finds that long run returns from un-leveraged residential real...
Ian Ippolito
Jan 9, 20187 min read
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How Mere Accredited Investors Can Access Elusive Core Real Estate
Core has outperformed other strategies over the long run, yet is glaringly absent from the crowdfunding platforms. The Private Investor...
Ian Ippolito
Jan 1, 20182 min read
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How Will the New Tax Law Affect My Real Estate Investments?
Sweeping changes will create some big winners, big losers and mixed results for others. Understand what's coming so you can strategize...
Ian Ippolito
Dec 23, 20177 min read
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Best Core and Core Plus Investments of 2017-2018
The best of this almost impossible-to-find, but highly recommended and historically high-performing strategy. (Disclaimer: I'm an...
Ian Ippolito
Dec 20, 20172 min read
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SEC Fires Warning Shot at Bitcoin ICOs (Initial Coin Offerings)
Unregistered investments put on notice that they're breaking the law, and can expect vigorous policing and enforcement 2018-02-01: Cyber...
Ian Ippolito
Dec 17, 20176 min read
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All-Star Real Estate Crowdfunding Fund Managers 2017-2018
3 rare diamonds in the rough: sponsors who went through the last recession and never lost investor money. Real estate investment author,...
Ian Ippolito
Dec 8, 20171 min read
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Comprehensive Guide to Hard Money Loan Investing Part 4: Top 19 Hard Money Loan Funds 2024
We found not just 1 but 19 needles in the haystack (in this difficult to find asset-class). Then we gathered 25+ data points on each one...
Ian Ippolito
Nov 30, 20173 min read
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Newcomer Zeus Crowdfunding Zooms to #7 in the Rankings
Platform has industry-leading volume and unique features. (Usual warning: I'm just an investor and not an accountant, financial...
Ian Ippolito
Nov 28, 20171 min read
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