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I'll try to be as brief as possible. My business partner and I started a real estate investment business almost two years ago. We didn't want to use our own funds to invest so we used credit cards (10-15k) and a personal loan (45k) for down payments and repair/maintenance. 

Today we have two properties financed that are pretty bad. One is a duplex and one is a quad. We have two tenants in both. The two tenants in the duplex have been late on rent since we first purchased it (March 2019). There are two tenants in the quad. One has been good on paying rent the other has only paid rent one time since Oct 2019. Both of us are out of state investors. 

We have the quad on the market but it will only bring in 48k which is almost 20k less than what we purchased it for. The quad is pretty old and run down and ppl have broken into it a few times in less than a year. The neighborhood is pretty tough where the quad is located. What would you all suggest that we do? 

So far we feel our only two options are to walk away from everything and let our credit take the hit (rebuild it in the future) or throw more money into both properties and pay half and half on the personal loan (6 year term) and the credit cards or sell the quad and bring another 9k to the closing and keep the duplex for as long as we can and hope that the tenants pay their rent and that we don't have to make any serious repairs (already purchased a new furnace and had to pay for plumbing issues as well). 

Thanks for all the advice we can get! 

Hello all, I'm looking to make my first investment in real estate. There is a particular multifamily (4 units) home in Cleveland, OH . However, I haven't been able to find a lender especially since I live in Houston, TX and the property is only $74,500. I would greatly appreciate it if any of you could give me some solid advice on this. Thanks! 

@Cameron Ellis

Did you ever get my message?  

@Albert Yamoah

So you are currently using the strategy that you suggested to me? It doesn't sound bad actually but the only reason why I haven't considered it is due to the fact that I thought you would need a good amount of "investing capital" for that type of strategy. Also, my credit isn't that great so I'm not sure that the refinance piece would work in my favor. Care to share an example of a deal you've done?

Thanks,

Darell

Hi All, 

I am still fairly new to the wholesaling arena and my current market is on fire right now (Houston). It is definitely a seller's market. Does anyone have any advice on what list would be good to target (outside of absentee) during this type of market? I feel that sellers now know that they can get more for their homes and they aren't as willing to deal with wholesalers. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Darell

Cameron Ellis Senay Baraki Hi guys, I'm also in the Houston market. Let me know if you'd like to connect and maybe work together. Thanks, Darell

Bump.

Has anyone dealt with and/or heard of Phil Grove? I went to my local REIA meeting last week and he gave a presentation. I am now considering using him as a mentor but wanted to get feedback from anyone that's already worked with him. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.