Welcome everyone to this week's edition of the "Sunday Night AP Real Estate Investing's Real Estate Investing Blog" (we'll work on shortening that later). A place where you, the reader, is able to gain a wealth of knowledge on all things real estate investing, and I, the author, am able to fully utilize my university required writing course... At least I learned something in college! I missed last week due to pure laziness, but I promise to make it up to you with this post

Thought this would be a good topic since it is a question I struggled to answer myself for some time. Before narrowing the scope to student loan debt, I would like to address some other types of debt you may need to consider in your overall decision of whether or not to invest in real estate. If you have credit card debt, don't even think about any type of investing until that is paid off. In fact, the only investment I would recommend at that point is a "Personal Finance f

Buying a house is expensive... Likely the most expensive purchase of your life. And saving enough money for a down-payment can seem like a nearly impossible task. Whether you're saving for your primary residence, or for your first investment property, you will need some cash! Lucky for you, the guys at AP Real Estate Investing (trademark) have 5 simple and easy ideas to help you start saving for that first home. 1. Play the Lottery quickest and easiest way... enough said 2

When I started educating myself on real estate investing, I always imagined I would start with rental properties. I wanted to "house-hack" a multi-family property, living in one unit while renting out the others. This seemed to make the most sense and, based on my research, had worked well for many other new investors. That strategy has since changed. I have now shifted my attention toward flipping. Here are some reasons why: 1. Short-term Capital Gains Rental properties