Megan Colyer Megan Colyer

What’s the hype? Section 8 Rental Portfolios in St. Louis

You’ve heard it from the gurus and the investors in your friend group: “Build a rental portfolio, get rich.” Simple enough. Buy all the cheap houses for $30,000, put $25,000 into them, cash-out refinance, rinse, recycle, repeat. Get rich. Own 30 doors, then 300 doors. Build passive income with Section 8. Sounds pretty simple, right?

Until you actually start doing it.

Because then reality shows up.

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Megan Colyer Megan Colyer

Downsizing in an Upsize World

In today’s world we often see a pattern in 30 and 40 something year olds where they continually build the American dream of upgrading, or as the Jefferson’s put it, “Movin’ on up”. In our cars we go bigger, shinier, fully-loaded, and clean….

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Megan Colyer Megan Colyer

Predatory Investor Agents

Predatory “Investor Friendly Agents” in Real Estate Aren’t Talked About Enough

Over the last year, I’ve seen a massive increase in real estate agents branding themselves as “investor friendly agents” — especially in the wholesale real estate, fix-and-flip, BRRRR, and off-market investing space.

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