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High Rates? You Just Need a Different Strategy

Yes, interest rates are up. No, that doesn’t mean you stop investing.

You just change the way you play.

The amateurs complain.

The professionals adapt — and keep making money.

Here are three ways smart investors are still winning deals in this market:

1. Use Creative Financing

Seller carryback, subject-to, lease options — these aren’t gimmicks.

They’re tools. And right now, they’re often the difference between making a deal pencil and walking away.

Sellers with equity and no buyer options?

Perfect candidates.

2. Bring In a Capital Partner

Don’t like 9% loans? Neither does your net profit.

But there’s someone out there with capital sitting idle in a CD at 5%.

Find them. Offer them a better return — and let them fund your next flip or BRRRR.

It’s not about having the money. It’s about knowing how to structure it.

3. Target Real Motivated Sellers

Interest rates have sidelined a lot of buyers.

That means sellers with real problems are still waiting — longer — with fewer offers.

Use that to your advantage.

Look for:

• Probate

• Divorce

• Foreclosure

• Tired landlords

• Expired listings

The math may be tighter, but the leverage is better.

Higher rates didn’t kill the market.

They just made it more obvious who actually knows what they’re doing.

Where to Invest $100,000 According to Experts

Investors face a dilemma. Headlines everywhere say tariffs and AI hype are distorting public markets.

Now, the S&P is trading at over 30x earnings—a level historically linked to crashes.

And the Fed is lowering rates, potentially adding fuel to the fire.

Bloomberg asked where experts would personally invest $100,000 for their September edition. One surprising answer? Art.

It’s what billionaires like Bezos, Gates, and the Rockefellers have used to diversify for decades.

Why?

• Contemporary art prices have appreciated 11.2% annually on average

• …And with one of the lowest correlations to stocks of any major asset class (Masterworks data, 1995-2024).

• Ultra-high net worth collectors (>$50M) allocated 25% of their portfolios to art on average. (UBS, 2024)

Thanks to the world’s premiere art investing platform, now anyone can access works by legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso—without needing millions. Want in? Shares in new offerings can sell quickly but…

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_{*Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Important Reg A disclosures: masterworks.com/cd.}