Blue Vikings Capital Blog | Expert Real Estate Insights

Investing in real estate can be a profitable venture, but it can also come with a lot of risks. As a real estate investor, it's crucial to understand the potential pitfalls and choose the right investment option that offers better protection for your assets. While many investors choose single-family homes for their real estate investments, multifamily syndications can be a safer option. Here are some reasons why:

Affordable housing is one of the safest investments you can make right now. The demand for affordable housing is going to continue to increase as inflation continues to drive up rents. Fewer apartment units were built in the last few years, due to high construction costs...

I sat down with my son, Alex, today and told him I set up a self-directed Roth IRA for him. As you can imagine, this was super exciting news for a 19-year-old! What youngster isn’t eager to hear about the money they won’t be able to touch until they are nearly 60 years old BUT, I got his attention when I showed him the graph below. By contributing only $6,000/year (max allowed contribution), a total of $240,000 between now and his retirement age, he can easily have over $5 MILLION by the time he…

There are many ways to build long-term wealth. The two most common investments that people investigate are stocks and single-family real estate. While these are great options, multifamily real estate (apartment complexes) is one of the best and safest investments you can make to grow your wealth. It has been proven to create more millionaires than any other investment strategy. To compare these investments, let’s look at scalability, risk factor, tax benefits, returns, and passive investing, to …

Inflation is reaching record high rates, which means that the money sitting in your bank account is becoming less valuable every day. Typically, inflation is around 3%, but recently, that number has been closer to 8.5%. Essentially, if you have $100k sitting in the bank, you are losing about $8,500 worth of value every year. That is why it is so important to be investing your money during inflationary periods. Wages may not be increasing proportionally to inflation, but there is one industry tha…