I was lucky enough to be featured this week on a fantastic Podcast that debuted earlier this year from the founder of BiggerPockets.com, Josh Dorkin.  The show is co-hosted by Brandon Turner and they have done a phenomenal job of creating a fun and informative podcast that has rocketed to the #1 spot on iTunes for real estate podcasts.  Before this becomes one huge infomercial for their podcast and website, I wanted to share with you the podcast and let you listen for yourself.  I had a great time joining them and the interview gets into a lot of topics covering our business.

The winners will be announced on Thursday night May 23rd at a special dinner, but today they published articles on all of the finalists.  This is our second year to be nominated, which is a tremendous honor.  To be considered one of the Top 5 companies in Memphis (we are in the 25-75 employee category) really speaks volumes not about us as owners, but about our people.  Easily, the best staff in the business.  If you want to see the article online at the Business Journal, I have included a link.

Kaaren Hall of uDirect IRA Services and Chris Clothier of Memphis Invest

Did you miss it?  Not to worry...

Kaaren Hall, President of uDirect IRA Services out of Southern California, and Chris Clothier, one of the partners at MemphisInvest.com and DallasInvest.com presented a Webinar presentation this past week answering questions and giving out current information on the rules and regulations of governing Self Directed IRA usage.

One of the great things about working with real estate investors from around the country is they all have their own reference points - their own backgrounds that influence the way they think about real estate investing.  Often, those reference points and backgrounds have to do with their own families investing, their friends or neighbors investing and even their own education about real estate investing.  So it is interesting to note that many investors may have ideas about how to invest, but many have no idea why.

So this ain't your typical video walk through of an investment property.  When Memphis Invest tackles a new investment property, they are concentrating on one thing...how much passive cash flow will this property produce for an investor!  MemphisInvest.com has helped over 300 investors purchase cash flow real estate in Memphis and today operates one of the top property management companies in the country. 

Every day, regular people and seasoned investors alike are looking for ways to diversify their investments and investing in real estate has always been a favorite alternative.  With Self Directed Individual Retirement Accounts coming into favor with investors, investing in discount properties has never been easier.  MemphisInvest.com has put together a quick list of some of the advantages to using Self Directed IRA's:

I talk to real estate investors every single week who are interested in investing in Memphis real estate with MemphisInvest.com for a lot of different reasons.  Some of the most interesting investors I talk to though, are those who are highly diversified in other markets.  They own stock portfolios or invest in Bonds and Mutual Funds.  They have spent years with financial planners preparing for a day that now seems in jeopardy:  Retirement!  Most of these investors are turning to a tool that their "advisors" failed to teach them about - Self Directed Retirement Accounts.  With the right real estate investments at all time values, the focus to investing in real estate with your retirement account could not have come at a better time.