| Strategies - articles published by Mike Hesse |
| Surf's Up! |
| Check the status of Colorado's Job Market and its impact on Real Estate. |
| Have: $200,000... Need:$2,000,000 |
| Yes, it is possible to build equities and you are the contractor that can do it. This is a simplified blueprint to assist in picturing just how this might be accomplished. |
| The Answer... It's Your Rate |
| How to calculate the particular return rate that you need to achieve to attain your goals, complete with a working example and formulas. |
| Dog Day Investing |
| Some techniques for making money while other people are complaining about the lack of opportunity. |
| Leverage Rot |
| How healthy returns can (and constantly do) erode through an owner’s inattention. (Includes the cure!) |
| The Miracle Exchange |
| A discussion of tax-deferred exchanges -- the basic rules and benefits. |
| Measure Your Return |
| A discussion of investment measurements, their value and how to use them. |
| Loaded Dice |
| Some ways to load the investment dice in your favor. |
| Buying "Do's" |
| Yep, it’s advice, but if you like to switch on the lights before entering a dark room, this might be the article for you. |
| Analyzing Your Expenses |
| How to drive up your value by driving down your expenses. |
| Work Your DCR |
| One property requirement lenders will insist upon before committing
to provide financing, how to calculate it, its uses and benefits. |
| Why Exchange? |
| How to determine whether to sell and pay taxes now or use a IRC 1031 delayed exchange to defer them. |
| Another Option: SFRs |
| Some thoughts regarding holding single-family residences for investment. |
| How Much In? How Much Out? When? |
| Provides the answers to the three basic questions of investment analysis. |
| Estoppels... Use Em! |
| A very important (sometimes vital) tool that buyers most often ignore. |
| Trading Up |
| A discussion of tax deferred exchanging illustrated by a case study of a not-so-typical “1031” exchange. |
| What! You Don't Want to Sell? |
| True stories illustrating the turning of lemons into lemonade (to steal a cliché). |
| Keep Your Eye on the NOI |
| Gets to the heart of how to control an investment and force an increase in its value. |
| Appreciate Appreciation |
| Focuses on appreciation and its role in producing profit. |
| The Ultimate Tenant Test |
| Want great tenants? The all-time, unqualified, no foolin’ around, best method for acquiring them is detailed. |
| Win / Win Rent Increases |
| A sound technique for increasing rents and values. |
| Reverse Exchanges Ok'd |
| A short list of IRS’ requirements to be qualified for a Reverse Exchange. |
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