Some call me wily. Some call me risky, even. I just call myself unsatisfied with the current returns of many real estate investment opportunities. I mean, one could go on their own and buy a home with "no money down" and 'flip it' and make a nice return, if you have an extra 12 hours a day to manage this lifestyle. Maybe this is why Robert Allen picks unemployed people for his rags-to-riches projects.

I enjoy my work. More than that I enjoy my family and want all the time I can muster to play with my children. Fixing up and flipping a house, though lucrative, just does not fit into my lifestyle. I have been around the block with flipping houses, while living in it, and that just caused stress and chaos for everyone: one day we wouldn't have a toilet, the next we wouldn't have a kitchen!

Online passive real estate investments represent a viable option. Though a majority of these investments are developers looking for some cheap money; in return they pay you a better than average interest for your loan which will yield them 100% and often much more. Tax liens offer a good option, though at best they offer 20% or so per year.

I like the passive nature of high interest real estate investments like contractor loans and tax liens, but I miss the opportunity to net 90% or more from the more lucrative plays on the market. I have come to realize that nothing is ever better than something else, there are just trade offs. Real estate investments are coming of age in cyberspace and soon you will see opportunities of the highest caliber: a mix of high yield yet passive investing in real estate.

My hats off to the brazen few, who like me, are unsatisfied with the majority of real estate investments and demand much more from an investment broker. In the mean time, look to the sky and don't settle for paltry returns on big spends such as real estate.


Author Jeremy SasserCollins is the chief money maker behindhttp://www.selfwealthmanagement.com: An online resource for high yield, passive income programs and investments.