"Ask Kathy” - Your Real Estate Questions Answered by Kathy Fettke!
Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast
Release Date: 10/27/2023
Insurance Expert Lays It On The Line For Homeowners & Real Estate Investors
Real Wealth Show: Real Estate Investing Podcast
Homeowners are seeing their insurance costs skyrocketing, and in some cases, they are getting their insurance canceled all together, even after they’ve bought insurance from the same company for years without any claims. What should homeowners and real estate investors know about buying property insurance in today’s market? In this episode, you’ll hear from an insurance expert with decades of experience. He’ll talk about why insurance rates have gone up so much, how inflation and natural disasters are playing into this, what you can do if your policy is canceled, what insurance...
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CoreLogic’s Selma Hepp Helps You Better Understand the Current Economy
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The economy is a beast that keeps us on our toes. It is constantly evolving and is never easy to figure out. But it helps to hear how top economists are interpreting the data and what they are forecasting for various segments of the economy, such as housing and real estate. In this episode, you’ll hear from long-time award-winning economist Selma Hepp. She’s the chief economist at CoreLogic which is the nation’s largest provider of advanced property and ownership information, analytics, and data-enabled services. Selma and her team are responsible for analyzing, interpreting, and...
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How You Can Make Better Investing Decisions in a Difficult Economic Environment
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There are so many ways to invest your money, but it’s difficult to know whether you are making the right decisions. Should you invest in real estate, stocks, bonds, or just tuck your money away in a savings account? Is it smart to invest when inflation remains stubbornly high? What happens if we really do have a recession? What’s up with the central bank and interest rates? In today’s episode, you’ll hear from Mike Larson who teaches people about money, the economy, and how to invest. He’s the vice president and editor-in-chief of an educational platform called where he oversees all...
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Joe Fairless: How to Build a Real Estate Empire with Just $20,000 and an Entrepreneurial Mindset!
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Can you imagine saving almost everything you earn and living like a college student for several years just to buy your first home? And then, house hacking your way into more savings so you can invest in real estate? It’s the kind of challenge that some of the most successful real estate investors have accepted, including today’s guest, Joe Fairless. He began with a humble start that mushroomed into success over the last ten years. Joe is the Co-founder of with over $2,700,000,000 of assets under management. He is also the host of the and the author of . He and his lovely wife also...
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Find Out How to Avoid Capital Gains Tax on a Property Sale! (Hint: 1031 Exchange)
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The buy and hold strategy is a great strategy for real estate investors, but what do you do if your property has increased substantially in value and is no longer giving you a reasonable return on your equity? In other words, if you consider the value of your property today, would it still make sense to rent it out? If not, you may be sitting on a lot of dead equity that could be put to better use. And the best way to do that is by selling the high value property and exchanging it for a better-performing property without paying a capital gains tax on the one you sell. This is what you call a...
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Residential Real Estate Top Choice for this CRE Expert!
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Are you wondering which real estate asset class will be the most profitable in 2024 and beyond? In this episode, you’ll hear from an expert who began his real estate career right after the Global Financial Crisis or what many of us call the Great Recession in 2010. He worked in New York City with a fund that was acquiring all kinds of distressed assets so he’s had exposure to various real estate strategies, and to my great satisfaction, he sees residential properties as one of the asset classes with the most upside. Let me introduce Christian Gore. He’s the founder and managing partner...
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One Man’s Real Estate Mission to End Veteran Homelessness
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For many people, investing in real estate is a means to an end. You put money into real estate to earn your way toward financial freedom. But the big benefit is to have more time to do the things that really matter to you. Many investors like to spend more time with their families, but it could be anything that you’re passionate about. In this episode, you’ll hear from a veteran who’s passionate about helping other veterans. is an Army Special Operations veteran with a passion for educating the military community on how to create long-term wealth through real estate investing....
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Navigating the Commercial Real Estate Crisis, with John Chang of Marcus & Millichap
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There's been a lot of debate about the state of the economy and so many questions about where we're headed next. Are we going to see banks tumbling because of commercial loans that can’t be refinanced? Are we headed into a recession because of high interest rates? What's going to happen with the housing market as demand keeps pushing home prices unaffordably higher? Are they ever going to come down? In this episode, you’ll be getting answers to all those questions and many more from one of my all-time favorite guests, John Chang of . I've been lucky enough to be on his side of...
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How the Corporate Transparency Act Could Create a Paperwork Nightmare for Small Business Owners
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The Corporate Transparency Act is suddenly in the spotlight as a paperwork nightmare that just got shot down in court, but only for a specific group of individuals. Millions more will still be required to comply with the legislation, and the Federal Government has said it will appeal the ruling that protects members of that one group, so the fight is not over. The Corporate Transparency Act is meant to control financial crimes like money laundering and the financing of terrorism, but it will also impact some five million above-board companies and individuals, such as real estate...
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How to Enrich Your Love Life with Family-Friendly Investing Goals
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Do you want to know how to make your next vacation tax deductible? Have you thought about including your kids or other family members in your real estate investing business but don’t know where to start? Would you like to know about a few tax loopholes that could cut your taxes in half? If you answered ‘yes” to any of those questions, you are in for a treat with this interview. In this episode I’m joined by my husband Rich as a co-host and special guests Mark Kohler and Patti Campbell who will share their love story along with many tips about investing together and organizing your...
info_outlineEvery quarter at RealWealth, I do a housing update, and I just did one for Q3. We received a ton of questions during that webinar so our team asked me to do an “Ask Kathy” segment here on the Real Wealth Show to answer some of those questions:
1 - Should I pay off a loan with an interest rate of just 2%?
2 - Is Austin a good place to buy investment property?
3 - Where can you buy new builds for under $250,000?
4 - How do you get a 4.75% rate on an investment property?
5 - What’s the best out-of-state market for a new investor?
6 - One-year lease vs. two-year lease. Which is better?
7 - How sacred is the 1% rule in rental real estate?
8 - Are home warranties worth the money?
9 - What are the loan options for people who’ve reached their ten-loan maximum?
I hope you enjoy this episode of “Ask Kathy.” I would love to answer more of your questions during a future episode. If you have a question or questions you’d like me to answer, please send them to [email protected].
Thanks for listening!
Kathy
About Kathy:
Kathy is an active real estate investor and licensed real estate agent with more than 25 years of experience. Kathy co-founded RealWealth with her husband, Rich, to help other people create financial freedom with real estate. Their purpose in educating people about real estate: "So they have the money and the freedom to live life on their own terms."
In addition to her RealWealth mission, she runs the syndication side of the business at growdevelopments.com. She is the host of a second podcast, “Real Estate News for Investors,” and the co-host for the Bigger Pockets’ podcast, “On the Market.” Kathy also shares her wealth creation strategies in her newly updated bestseller “Retire Rich with Rentals.”
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