Finding money to take advantage of the many great bargains in today’s real estate market can be challenging.  Easy cash out loans and the equity they created are largely gone, so investors have been looking for alternatives. 

One of the still largely underutilized sources of investment capital on most people’s balance sheets are retirement accounts. This is partly because the traditional financial services industry has had a virtual monopoly in this space and consumers remain somewhat ignorant of their non-traditional options. 

Also, many investors don’t consider their retirement funds to be highly manageable and tend to leave them on auto-pilot.  But for those who want to take control of their retirement investments, there are many opportunities to self-direct away from Wall Street and into tangible assets like real estate, physical metals or notes directly tied to real estate both domestically and offshore. 

Our guest in this episode is Larry Grossman, who specializes in helping people comply with all the rules regarding self-directed individual retirement accounts. 

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As much as we love making money, we all know there's more to life than just making money.

In this epsiode, we talk with a woman who has overcome a number of obstacles to achieve success in business, investing and even in parenting!

Rita Khagram was born into a culture that didn't empower women.  Undeterred she set off to make it in business, but at an enormous personal price.

Determined to repair her relationship with her daughter, she sold her successful business and because she didn't get good advice, ended up losing everything.

But she didn't give up.

After investing in her own investing education and seeking out wise counsel, Rita applied her new wisdom to acquire a large portfolio of properties and build another successful business.  And she rebuilt her relationship with her daughter.

Then a profound experience on the streets of India have given her a higher purpose for her money-making ventures.  Now her life is more focused and fulfilling than ever.

You're going to be inspired and encouraged when you hear Rita's story.  Enjoy!

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Renowned real estate syndicator Sam Freshman is our special guest for this episode. 

Sam Freshman began his real estate investing career in 1957 and founded his syndication company in 1961.  Since then he’s been involved in deals exceeding $500 million.  And when you consider the price of real estate in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s, that's a LOT of deals! 

Sam’s no-nonsense, pragmatic adherence to proven principles of syndication and investment make him one of our favorite mentors.  So we’re excited to share Sam and his time tested wisdom with you in this episode of The Real Estate Guys™ radio show. 

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An essential skill for every rental property investor big or small is knowing how to do accurate financial analysis. Without it, how do you know if a property is a good deal, how it compares to other properties; or whether it's a good time to buy, sell or refinance?

These are just some of the very important questions a prudent rental property investor needs to know how to find the answers to.  That's why we say “Do the math and the math will tell you what to do!”

So the topic of this episode is an overview of the 7 essential formulas of rental property financial analysis.  You'll learn what they are, why they're important and how to use them.

Sound scary?  Hey, it's only math.  And it’s not as bad as getting into a property expecting positive cash flow and finding out you’re really negative; or buying into an overheated market, or not getting out while the getting’s good.  Good financial analysis can save you a LOT of heartache!

So listen in as The Real Estate Guys™ teach you how to sharpen your pencil and do the math!

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