The Investor Insights

The Motley Fool warned real estate trust investors this morning about an ugly four letter word to watch out for in the coming months – debt. As Brian Richards reported, the trusts with high-to-capital ratios need to keep a close watch on the trend in debt levels. Aren’t you glad you don’t have to worry [...]

Private Money Mindset: How to Program Yourself for Success

Everyone is taught they should listen to their parents, and the next generation of investors looking for private money really caught on to that lesson. But, this generation isn’t facing the same future their parents did. As Linda Kemp wrote on the Realtor.com Finance & Investing blog yesterday, “their family’s view on financial wealth and [...]

No matter what side of the flip or deal you are on, partners are people you have to trust. And, since this month is Private Money Month at Investor Insights, I thought it would be good to review what makes a good partner. 1. Other investors have heard of them. If you are going to [...]

So a few years ago, I was feeling pretty crappy and was sent to a gastroenterologist. He did an endoscopy and the intestinal biopsy came back with a diagnosis of “complete villous atrophy and increased numbers of intraepithelial lymphocytes.” The Doc said, “You have celiac sprue in spades. Get off gluten or risk developing intestinal [...]