Heather Lemmon

The Leap to Commercial Real Estate Investments The stage is set . . . you’re ready to jump into the world of commercial real estate investments. Maybe you’ve been buying or selling single family homes, and your success is prompting you to think bigger, possibly on acquiring apartments — or, maybe you’re a new investor [...]

My experience with most real estate investment gurus has been less than favorable, for reasons that I won’t go into here.  There are a few exceptions, one of whom is here in Southern California and who I deeply respect for his intelligence and integrity.  My interactions with him have all been so positive that I accept much [...]

Many new investors start out wholesaling, and that’s the smart thing to do to quickly build up some cash reserves; however, it doesn’t matter if you know how to get your phone to ring off the hook from motivated sellers or if you’re a master at getting properties under contract, if you don’t know how to find [...]

As entrepreneurs that happen to be real estate investors, we are constantly looking for ways to grow our business. We spend a lot of time marketing for motivated sellers, adding quality buyers to our buyers’ list, and looking for tenants for our properties. But once we have those people on our list, what do we typically [...]

As an active investor and willing presenter at localreal estate investment clubs, I am often asked about what common mistakes new investors make. Regrettably, I am rarely asked how to avoid the mistakes. The list of mistakes new investors can make is unfortunately rather long.  In this post I am going to focus on three [...]