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29 January 2025 | 18 replies
The benefits of Kissimmee for a newbie is analyzing property potential is very easy - you will have a ton of carbon-copy comps to look at and the online estimators like Airdna can actually be pretty accurate.
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9 January 2025 | 43 replies
Our Starter plan (which is free) is really designed to support newbie investors, as all of the available presets are what they should be using in building lists and sending marketing campaigns.
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17 January 2025 | 3 replies
I if go back in time when I was a newbie and investor in Mexico and I'd need to get information about how two invest in Mexico, I'd want to hear from other investors who have done it before rather than from people who sell properties and that's exactly what the forums are for.
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22 January 2025 | 10 replies
.- If you hold a rental until death, you can pass it on with a stepped-up cost basis, limiting captial gains if then sold (limited by inheritance tax limitations).Too many newbies on this site trying to replace their day job income via "passive" real estate investing w/o digging deep enough to understand how it really works.
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10 January 2025 | 5 replies
@Joshua Bautista located in indianapolis.. i'm a 100% newbie at this.. but it appears that the winter times are quite slow in Indy..
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12 January 2025 | 23 replies
If you are a newbie or old timer who is really struggling to break through in this business, what do you think is the reason so many don't make it?
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13 January 2025 | 4 replies
I focus heavily on the sell side and on the buy side only work with high net worth individuals so the newbie wanting a 400k multifamily with an FHA loan probably isn't for me.
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18 January 2025 | 6 replies
You could trim your expenses by eliminating property management - you can absolutely do this yourself on a 6-unit, even as a newbie.
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8 January 2025 | 5 replies
Hello, I am new to real estate and looking to get into it and out of renting and starting to work on building that generational wealth. I am a self employed residential general contractor. This year we cleared about $...
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24 January 2025 | 12 replies
Preforeclosure, Pre-Probate, tax liens are OK -- however most seasoned and newbie investors are calling these leads as well and making offers.