Here’s Nabeel’s question about his California rental property: I need some advice on my real estate investment. I have a rental property in a Los Angeles suburb with the following information: Metric$ / DateOriginal Loan Amount$249,000Current Principal Balance$214,363Interest Rate4.25%Loan Origination Date12/20/2017Maturity Date01/20/2033Gross Rent, Monthly~$1,920Property Management, Monthly~$120Property Value$473,000The number’s on Nabeel’s California rental property. My monthly […]
The Cowboy Account
It always good to catch up with old friends. Recently, I got a friend on the phone that I hadn’t spoken to in a while. He had reached out because he had a question about investing. He was considering leveraging his investment portfolio. He sent me the data for his proposition. What did I think […]
Direct Real Estate for Cash Flow in Retirement
In a previous post, I discussed how stock market investing was superior to California real estate investing. This conclusion was based on the investment returns available with each strategy; in a flat out annualized returns vs. annualized returns comparison, the stock market outperformed. (Even in a successive analysis that considered leverage, stock market investing was […]
#COVIDlife is the New Value Investing
I’m surprised at our country’s current state of the coronavirus pandemic. We – as Americans – are obviously doing something very wrong: we’re not wearing masks; we’re not social distancing. Yet those two things are very impactful in slowing the spread of the coronavirus: using masks in public; staying six feet away from others. The […]
Rental Real Estate Investing Across the United States
Previously, I wrote that stock market investing has historically outperformed rental real estate investing in California. (This is even the case when considering leverage: California rental property underperforms the stock market.) This conclusion applies not just to real estate in California, but anywhere with dense populations. This is because high population density creates a high […]
Reinvest Dividends and Capital Gains Distributions or Not?
In Larry’s Swedroe’s latest book, Your Complete Guide to a Successful and Secure Retirement, he briefly touches on the issue of reinvesting dividends and capital gains distributions. His suggestion? Don’t do it. Here’s his reasoning: Rebalancing. Cash from dividends and capital gains distributions can be used to (partially) rebalance an investment portfolio. This means deploying […]