All Forum Posts by: David Yamamoto

 Thank you Jake!  

 Thank you Preston!!

Julien and Michael, 
Thank you very much for the insight, I appreciate your input!
David. 

Scott, thank you so much for this incredibly helpful information!  I really appreciate your time.
David. 

Hello folks,

For those that have house hacked while renting out bedrooms to tenants... how do you screen them?   This seems a so much more personal when you have to actually share the same living space with tenants.  Do you screen with a company or do it yourself? This is a brand new concept to me... 
(Property in question is a 3b single family home). 

Thanks,
David. 

 It is a competitive market there right now... every listing was going over asking and multiple offers.  I sort of got caught up in that mostly because of a locked in rate that I couldn't let pass.  So a little more on the purchase price at a lower interest rate seemed like the way to go. 

 Hey Bobby,

It's such a growing market with tons of jobs coming into the area.  I was looking for a place that is affordable for retirement too - thinking maybe I'd eventually move there.  Another factor was my buddy became a realtor there so I felt a little more comfortable with boots on the ground I could trust.  

David. 

Hey folks,

I'm from Seattle and just bought my first investment property near Huntsville, AL.  Probably overpaid a little but I figured it was time to stop the analysis paralysis and get some skin in the game.  I've read a lot of books over the years and have been listening to BP podcasts, but I figured the real lessons (and cost of education) will come with jumping in and learning through doing. I had to do a turnkey for the first one since I'm a little intimidated about trying to reno a property remotely. 

Hope to learn a lot for you folks!

David. 

I'm brand spanking new to this as well... currently reading a book "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" by David Greene, published by BiggerPockets (which lead me to this website).  Greene lends confidence that long-distance is doable.  Give the book a look!