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Types of Investors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over the weekend, during a family visit, I had a conversation with one of my nephews – a thirty something husband, father and CFO of a small company. His idea was to buy some land, a bit outside his own area and develop it into an estate type community – homes with acreage. Real estate investors.

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11 Things I learned After Owning a Vacation Property

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I also wanted a bit more diversification in our portfolio and figured an additional piece of real estate could help that. After offering to let a nephew and his family use the condo once, I was frequently afterwards hit up (or hinted at) to allow use, free of charge, multiple times. Extended family members expect free days.

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