In many cases—not all, but many cases—real estate investors can speed up the time it takes to become financially independent by choosing to pay off the mortgages on their properties early.

Sometimes it makes sense to take every extra dollar beyond a healthy amount of reserves and aggressively pay off properties as quickly as possible. Other times, it might be better to invest money that you have earmarked to pay off properties in something else—like the stock market, for example—until you have enough to completely pay off the mortgage in one single large payment.

In this mini-comparison class, we will look at the difference between these two different approaches: paying off properties with extra cash flow or only paying in full when Nomading™ over 300 US cities.

Which one gets you to financial independence faster? Which one gives you a higher net worth? Which one is less risky?

Find out in this class.

Check out the video and interactive charts from this class here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/pay-off-early-with-cash-flow-or-in-full-only/

Or, see Arvada specific, detailed analysis of a variety of strategies here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/CO/Arvada/

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Deal Alchemy™ - Residential vs Commercial Property

Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating the returns you're earning on your investments. Often, this is done through the choices we make when selecting the investment property and the strategies we choose to implement.

For example, you could choose to invest in residential properties where your tenants would live in the property. Alternatively, you could choose to invest in commercial properties where your tenants do not live in the property.

Often, these investments would have different numbers and characteristics, such as who pays taxes, insurance, and maintenance on the property. However, for the sake of today's mini-class, we will look at just the difference in the tax benefits of depreciation in two identical investments, except one is residential and the other is commercial, to see how that impacts your overall returns.

In this class, James discusses:

• The definition of alchemy
• What is Deal Alchemy™
• How to manipulate returns and move them between quadrants
• An example by purchasing a commercial property with 39-year depreciation schedule instead of a residential property with a 27.5-year depreciation schedule
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Warning - Risks of Loan Called Due When Investing in Real Estate

Investing in real estate adds some risk to an already risk-filled life.

However, certain activities and strategies when investing in real estate create additional risks that other strategies and activities do not have.

For example, choosing to utilize strategies where the lender has the right to call a loan due—like many types of creative financing, using home equity lines of credit, and many commercial loans—adds the additional risk of possibly having loans on your properties called due and payable in full.

Add in the fact that these often coincide with the most extreme market conditions, and it can be a recipe for disaster for you as a real estate investor... a perfect storm of sorts... extreme market conditions where refinancing or selling can be near impossible or at least impractical, and the lender forcing you to do just that very thing at the same time.

In this mini-class, James will discuss the risk of loans being called due, what we can do about it, and how to mitigate or eliminate that risk completely.

In this class, James discusses:

• A George S Patton quote about fear, risks and making decisions.
• When are loans called due?
• Balloons on mortgages
• Breach of agreement on mortgages
• Buying properties subject-to the existing financing, lease-options, and lease-purchases
• Lender's option to terminate loan agreement
• The perfect storm: extreme market conditions and lenders calling loans due
• How to avoid having a loan called due
• Options when a loan is called due
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

How to Analyze Buying a Rental Property at a Discount in Arvada

Some real estate investors insist on only buying properties where they can purchase them at a significant discount. While not mutually exclusive, other investors insist on buying quality properties at a fair price as long as it gets them their desired returns and will stand the test of time.

Buffett began as a deep value investor and eventually shifted his focus towards investing in high-quality companies. “It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price,” Buffett confidently stated that his investing has evolved significantly.

But, in today's mini-class, let's look at how to analyze buying a fair property at a wonderful price... in other words... analyzing a property using The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ that you bought at a deep discount and required some money to capture some sweat-equity, but that you're planning to keep as a long-term rental.

Or, check out the deal analysis example for Arvada, Colorado:

Deal Analysis for Arvada Buying at a Discount

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

How to Calculate PMI

If you're planning to buy a property and put less than 20% down, you're likely to be required to pay Private Mortgage Insurance. Lenders prefer that you put at least 20% down, but if you insist on putting less than 20% down, they may still make the loan. However, they will usually do so at a slightly higher mortgage interest rate for taking on more risk and require that you pay a third party to insure them in case you default. This insurance you pay to the third party is called Private Mortgage Insurance.

But how much is it?

The easiest way to find out is to call your lender and have them calculate it for you.

But, if you insist on calculating it yourself—or you prefer to know some of the factors involved in how to lower the cost of private mortgage insurance for yourself—in this mini-class, James will walk you through how to do the calculation yourself.

In this class, James discusses:

• What is Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) and why does it exist?
• The best way to get your PMI amount is to call your lender
• How to calculate PMI using a PMI rate sheet
• The factors that impact your PMI
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

There are a large number of investing strategies you could pursue as a real estate investor: Nomad™, house hacking, fix and flip, buying 20% down rentals, buying 25% down rentals, saving up to buy free and clear rentals and many, many more options.

• Which is the best?
• Which gets you to financial independence fastest?
• Which gives you the highest net worth?
• Which gives you the highest standard of living in retirement?
• Which has the lowest amount of risk?
• Which should you pursue and implement?

These are some difficult questions.

But, in this mini-class James will compare saving up to buy 20% down rental properties to saving up even longer to buy free and clear rental properties. In both cases, the investor will first buy an owner-occupant property with 5% down to live in instead of renting themselves.

We’ll look at how each strategy performs in over 300 US cities and you’ll get answers to many of the questions we posed above comparing these two strategies.

Check out the video and interactive charts from this class here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/20-down-vs-all-cash-with-oo/

Or, see Arvada specific, detailed analysis of a variety of strategies here:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/model/CO/Arvada/

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Deal Alchemy™ - Increasing Down Payment

There are four primary returns from investing in rental properties: appreciation, cash flow, debt paydown, and the tax benefits of depreciation. Additionally, there is a secondary return in the form of the interest earned on the reserves required to make the investment in the first place.

Many real estate investors prefer the cash flow return over the others.

Often, we can manipulate the investment to shift returns between appreciation, cash flow, debt paydown, tax benefits, and reserves. We call this Deal Alchemy™.

There are many variations of Deal Alchemy™, but in this mini-class, James will guide you through the process of shifting your return to cash flow by changing the down payment amount.

In this class, James discusses:

• The definition of alchemy
• What is Deal Alchemy™
• How to manipulate returns and move them between quadrants
• An example by increasing the down payment size from 20% down to 25% down and how that impacts your returns... in both dollars and on your overall investment
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.

Warning - Risks of Rental Property Expenses When Investing in Real Estate

Risk is all around us.

When we choose to invest in anything, we’re choosing to take on the additional risk characteristics of that investment.

For example, when we choose to invest in real estate, we choose to take on the risk characteristics of the specific real estate investing we opt to do minus the risk mitigation and elimination strategies we put in place.

One of the risks of investing in real estate is the risk of rental property expenses increasing.

James discusses those risks and how to mitigate or eliminate them in this mini-class.

Check out the video from this class here:

Warning - Risks of Rental Property Expenses When Investing in Real Estate - Video

In this class, James discusses:

• A George S Patton quote about fear, risks and making decisions.
• An introduction to Rent Resiliency™, Price Resiliency™, Vacancy Resiliency™, Property Insurance Resiliency™, Maintenance Resiliency™, HOA Resiliency™, Utilities Resiliency™, Capital Expenses Resiliency™, Property Management Resiliency™ and Property Taxes Resiliency™
• Eliminating some risk by using fixed rate financing options
• How increasing expenses don't mean 1:1 reduction in cash flow
• Options when Property Taxes get too high?
• Options when Insurance gets too high?
• Options when Principal and Interest change?
• Options when Interest Rates rise?
• Plus much more...

Free Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet: Download a copy of the newest version of The World's Greatest Real Estate Deal Analysis Spreadsheet™ by going to:

https://RealEstateFinancialPlanner.com/spreadsheet

Improve Cash Flow: Book a consultation to improve cash flow using our proprietary 88 cash flow improving strategies.

Real Estate Agent & Lender Collaborators: Interested in collaborating with us on the Arvada real estate investor podcast? Book a free consultation to discuss.