A weakness is a known bad trait someone has and they try to hide it even though it’s visible — it’s insecurity. Vulnerability is different. It’s the openness and honesty about a weakness or pain with a full desire and willingness to fix it. To grow in our faith and toward the callings God has for us we must be vulnerable with those in our community…

Af Marshall West

Private Mortgage Insurance Myths Reputation can be a challenging thing. I have found, through many conversations with clients over the years, that Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has a questionable reputation with home buyers in general and investors in particular. However, much of its reputation is based on half-truths, bad information, lies, and…

Af Pastor John Tracy

What are 4 key ways followers of Jesus can effectively share the good news of Jesus with others today: Who He is, what He did for us, and why. That and so much more in this 21st century understanding and encouragement of Gospel witness. View the slide deck here.Af Mark DeYmaz, Harry Li, Lawrence Hicks, Lauren Carrión

Af Pastor John Tracy

Af Lead Pastor John Tracy

What if you could be content with nothing but hunger and need: That is the absurdity of what Paul is telling us in Philippians 4. But the truth is you are most fulfilled not when your plate is full or your bank account is full but when your heart and mind is full of the hope of Christ Jesus. “I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have le…

Af Bryant Jones

Af Pastor Sandra Tracy

Warning - Risks of Neighborhood Decline When Investing in Real Estate Everything in life has risks. Not investing adds certain types of risks, while investing adds other risks. One risk that some real estate investors face is the possibility that the neighborhood they're investing in will decline, causing values and/or rents to drop. So, how do we …

How does a relationship with God provide us the tools we need to live above the anxiety in our world and not carry this in our lives? How do we become people of peace in an anxious world? If we live in a world of systemic anxiety, it takes a person who is a differentiated (able to separate) non-anxious presence to lead people out of it. Here is wha…

Af Lead Pastor John Tracy

Af BJ Stricklin

How to Analyze a Duplex Some real estate investors are sensitive to their ability to get ten 30-year fixed rate financing loans and would prefer to fill those loan spots with larger purchases than just single family rental homes. One way to do that is to buy more expensive properties like duplexes, triplexes or fourplexes. In this class, James will…

Righteousness – a right standing with God – is never ever grounded on your accomplishments. It’s not about what you have done or don’t do for God. It’s about what Jesus has done. You can only Christ through faith & repentance as you commit yourself to Christ. And after we become one, we press into our righteousness, we press into the perfect creatu…

Af BJ Stricklin

How to Calculate PMI If you're a house hacker, Nomad™, investor buying properties with less than 20% down, or buying creatively where the seller has PMI, you'll want to make sure you know how to analyze deals that have Private Mortgage Insurance. In this mini-class, James will cover how to analyze deals that have PMI, with an emphasis on doing it u…

You will not become who God made you to be by winging it on your own. When you repent of sins and turn towards God you become part of a new family called the Church. God designed the church brilliantly with everything we need to grow and become like Jesus. “I have no one else like him, who will show genuine concern for your welfare. For everyone lo…

Af Bradley Toone

In many cases—not all, but many cases—real estate investors can speed up the time it takes to become financially independent by choosing to pay off the mortgages on their properties early. Sometimes it makes sense to take every extra dollar beyond a healthy amount of reserves and aggressively pay off properties as quickly as possible. Other times, …

Quite simply, the best message you will ever hear on the why, how, and what of prayer. Pastor Harry is truly a man of prayer: This message is born from a lifetime of practice as well as praying with others. Don't miss it!Af Mark DeYmaz, Harry Li, Lawrence Hicks, Lauren Carrión

In our faith the intention to obey and the cultivation of a life of obedience is our responsibility but at the same time, God doesn’t just call us to obey, he gives us the ability to obey. This is saying God gives us the desire to obey and has given us the power to do it. In this power we can go from people who are warped and crooked, bent in on ou…

Af BJ Stricklin

Deal Alchemy™ - Residential vs Commercial Property Deal Alchemy™ is all about manipulating the returns you're earning on your investments. Often, this is done through the choices we make when selecting the investment property and the strategies we choose to implement. For example, you could choose to invest in residential properties where your tena…

In this episode, Pastor Lawrence demonstrates the why and what of serving God and others as intrinsic to our creation and sense of significance as human beings. Consider that from the moment of our creation extending throughout eternity, joy and meaning is experienced only by fulfilling the purposes of God via service.…

It requires an incredible amount of humility to set aside our secondary preferences for the greater good of our community. It’s a high goal and often seems impossible to live selflessly as Philippians calls us to because we often have great faith in God’s ability to save our souls but often low faith in His ability to transform our hearts. The trut…

Af Dr. Luke Holter

Af Dr. Luke Holter

Af Marshall West

Warning - Risks of Loan Called Due When Investing in Real Estate Investing in real estate adds some risk to an already risk-filled life. However, certain activities and strategies when investing in real estate create additional risks that other strategies and activities do not have. For example, choosing to utilize strategies where the lender has t…

How can we have a life of overflow of joy in the midst of a world of consumption? We all have systems and we must evaluate what our systems are producing if we want to find the path to flourishing that God has for us. A path of flourishing that sets us apart from the world in that we have a joy that defies our circumstances through our peace and st…

Af Pastor Caleb Harper

Now that He has saved us, God has called each one of us to specific works in the Kingdom of God. But we all share the same mission of making disciples. We are meant to play our part in the Kingdom of God through generational discipleship. The Kingdom was passed down to us and we have a responsibility to pass it down to those coming behind us.…

How to Analyze Buying a Rental Property at a Discount in Little Rock Some real estate investors insist on only buying properties where they can purchase them at a significant discount. While not mutually exclusive, other investors insist on buying quality properties at a fair price as long as it gets them their desired returns and will stand the te…

Af Deacon Andrew Splawn

In this first of five episodes in the Elements series, Pastor Mark explains the why and how of studying the Bible. Listen to consider the varying types of Bible study, the Top 7 Benefits of Bible Study, and to practice the Interpretive Method of Bible study by considering with Mark the true meaning of Philippians 4:13 ("I can do all things through …