Education has long been and remains the gateway to the middle class for many, if not most. After all, in an economy built on innovation, the most important skill you can sell is your knowledge. In most contexts, education is synonymous to schooling, and the two terms are used interchangeably. However, schooling is only one of many methods of education, and Read More
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Owning and Operating a Co-Working Space
Just as Airbnb and Uber have disrupted the traditional hotel and taxi industries, co-working space will soon do the same to traditional office real estate. The number of co-working spaces worldwide was 7,800 in 2015; that’s a 36% increase from 2014. Forbes is projecting more than 26,000 spaces hosting 3.8 million people by 2020, with the emergence of Read More
Black Buying Power a Minority Group with Major Influence
Despite the despairing narrative of the African American experience often portrayed by the media and internalized by black people, there’s much to be hopeful about. In recent years, we’ve seen increases in income, purchasing power, cultural influence, and business ownership in the black community, to name a few. To be clear, there’s much work to be done to Read More
Uplift Neighborhoods Through Co-Investing and Ownership
Pierre Lucien is a Haitian American millennial seeking financial freedom through multiple streams of income. He believes that teaching is the highest form of learning, so he reads and writes about investing to better educate himself on the concepts and principles. In the United States, the median white-owned home is worth $85,800. Conversely, the figure Read More
Will Micro Units Revolutionize Housing Industry
Written By Tobias Sagan Katz |Founder and Lead Designer of Katz Box, Adaptable modular home system. With the increased development of urban communities, Micro units might be the key to a new diversified housing option. Worldwide there is a growing trend in urban development and with it, we are seeing increased popularity in micro units. But it isn't a Read More
The Business of Real Estate Investing
Investing in real estate has many moving pieces and poses many risks for those who want to get started. Most potential investors don’t understand where to start, where to find the properties, the funds, or the time. You have properties you need to identify, fix and manage. Real estate is a business and requires that you start thinking like a Read More
5 Proven Ways to Get Started in Real Estate Investing
How many times have you tried to develop a plan but completely failed to get results? We can empathize because we have been there too. In the beginning, it can be hard to pull the trigger and jump into investing. It can be even harder to decipher if the deal you’re looking at is actually a good one. Richelle and I both mastered it by learning how to Read More