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15 November 2024 | 12 replies
You can hear real-world examples of how others have built their investment portfolio and (hopefully) learn to avoid their mistakes.4.
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12 November 2024 | 1 reply
It seems like that size purchase wouldn't make it worth so would love to hear more on that.I did a 1031 exchange here in Chicago, where we built a ground up single family, but then exchanged into a 19 unit building.
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15 November 2024 | 18 replies
A business is literally built for cash flow.
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13 November 2024 | 7 replies
So I obtained the original survey of the home when it was built and at different points when it was sold (I was fortunate in that family had owned it before me and I was able to do the research to get to all of those surveys).
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13 November 2024 | 7 replies
When you refinance, you’re essentially borrowing against the value you've built up in the property, rather than realizing any taxable income.
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7 November 2024 | 0 replies
I was interested in this deal because it is located in a rapidly transitioning neighborhood in Charlotte, near Freedom Drive and Uptown.
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7 November 2024 | 0 replies
I was interested in this deal because it is located in a rapidly transitioning neighborhood in Charlotte, near Freedom Drive and Uptown.
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11 November 2024 | 0 replies
Purchase price: $186,000 Cash invested: $46,500 Home was built in 2018 as a long term Section 8 rental unit.
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11 November 2024 | 10 replies
I have an opportunity to buy a property in tennessee that has 25 self storage units AND allows for 25 more to be built.
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22 November 2024 | 92 replies
A 100k home in Podunk Oklahoma that was built in the 1930's, is going to probably need a whole lot more than 10% of rent going towards capex, and likewise a 1m home in San Francisco isn't going to need anywhere near 10% of rent for capex.