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6 January 2025 | 11 replies
I got bit a couple years ago and went from a 6% rate to almost 10% rate.
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15 January 2025 | 7 replies
It is a violation of the HAP contract to charge more rent for voucher recipients than market rate tenants.
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6 January 2025 | 8 replies
When choosing a location for your first rental, it’s great that you’re considering factors like crime rate, population growth, employment rate, and price-to-rent ratio—those are all key metrics.
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26 January 2025 | 17 replies
I also am very interested in purchasing more STRs, and this is a really low risk way to see if I'm up for it (we have a 2.9% interest rate on our mortgage).My biggest concern is an ongoing plumbing issue we have had.
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13 January 2025 | 21 replies
My conversion rate was higher because they kind of look like a wedding invite.In regard to lenders, join meetups and local facebook groups and ask for referrals.I’m doing larger commercial deals now and found I wasted a Ton of money on direct mail.
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12 January 2025 | 8 replies
If you're using financing, evaluate how a rate hike could affect your payments.
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8 January 2025 | 10 replies
The ultimate tax hit is at most $5k (20k * max 25% tax rate) and it's probably not worth it to 1031 exchange for that little of tax deferrals.
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5 January 2025 | 8 replies
Pittsburgh ranks #5 on Marcus & Millichap’s list of high-yield multifamily markets.Pittsburgh’s unemployment rate (4.7%) has dropped by 17.5% over the past 5 years.Pittsburgh is experiencing a demographic shift.
14 January 2025 | 7 replies
Account Closed if you do a seller finance you could get a lower interest rate from HO then you can get at the bank.
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13 January 2025 | 5 replies
Most 1-4 unit real estate investors are using DSCR loans right now for any buy and holds while flippers lean on higher leverage bridge/fix and flip loan options with higher interest rates.