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What Is Fair Market Value and How Is it Calculated?
When you become a real estate investor (or any kind of asset investor, for that matter), understanding calculations, data and information allow you to understand asset performance. This is especially important when it comes to buying and selling those assets.
What Is a Healthcare Power of Attorney? (HCPA)
People use the term “power of attorney” for various purposes, including financial matters and even legal issues. However, the specific power delegated is more often about agency than legal matters. The American Bar Association defines power of attorney as giving “one or more persons the authority to act on your behalf as your agent.”
What Is an Irrevocable Living Trust and How Does It Work?
Oliver Wendell Holmes, legal scholar and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, advised that men should “Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.”1 That may still be good advice for individuals seeking effective management of funds both presently and in the future.
What Is Power of Attorney and How Does It Work?
Power of attorney (POA) sounds like a legal concept, but it doesn’t have to involve lawyers at all. The American Bar Association states that a power of attorney gives one or more persons the authority to act on your behalf as your agent. This power can be temporary or permanent, and it can be limited to a specific activity (such as buying and selling assets) or covering any activities. You can confer this authority to your lawyer, but you can also direct it to your spouse or best friend. You can also make such a determination effective immediately or subject to some potential future occurrence (such as your future inability to act on your own behalf).
What Is Transfer on Death and How Does it Work?
Planning for the orderly disposition of one's assets at the time of death is typically done through a will and possibly establishing a trust or trusts. A will is sometimes called a last testament and is a document that states how a person's assets are to be distributed after their demise. A will can also be used for other instructions and functions, such as naming a guardian for minor children. It's important to note that a will does not take effect until the death of the person who created it (they can change it as long as they are living and mentally competent to do so).
Cryptocurrencies as an Alternative Asset: What You Need to Know
Cryptocurrencies may seem mysterious, but they do have a pretty simple definition:
Private Equity as an Alternative Investment: What You Need to Know
Private equity is a way to invest in private companies outside of the public stock market. Private equity investing gives investors an ownership stake in private companies. There are three parties involved in private equity: the investors who provide the capital, the private equity firm that manages and invests the money via a private equity fund, and the companies the private equity firm invests in.
Real Estate as An Alternative Investment: What You Need to Know
In its original form, Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) was a mix between stocks and bonds, usually a 60/40 split. As the theory evolved, other types of investments were added, and one of the first was real estate.
Investment Property vs. Primary Residence Interest Rates: What Is the Difference?
Rising and falling interest rates create a ripple effect across many sectors of the national economy. Homeowners and real estate investors know well how low interest rates can affect borrowing costs. Low interest rates spur home buying and loan activity on investment properties since lower interest rates make it cheaper to borrow money. It also can change the profitability of an investment property or reduce your monthly mortgage payment on your primary residence.
Alternative Assets: What Are They and Should They Be in My Portfolio?
At Realized, we believe in creating custom, diversified investment portfolios for our clients that are risk-adjusted and created to help investors pursue their unique income needs and investment goals. By applying the principles of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT), we believe that we can help investors seek maximum returns within a level of risk suited to the investor’s risk appetite.
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