In many cases, it takes a few years to really start seeing any appreciable cash flow, but it is the relationships we make, the learning and overcoming challenges and obstacles every day that is the true rewards in this business.

If the amount paid to purchase an existing note is below the principal balance or more correctly, the unpaid balance, the investor will benefit from an early payoff to the tune of the discount.  

My boyfriend is a 100% disabled veteran who receives $6,500 per mo in benefits.  We live in Alabama and he pays no property tax on his home here as a disabled vet.  He owns his home here outright (value $350k). He ha...

Hi, I have a friend who owns a house outright and uses it as an airbnb. She manages the property by herself and it's successfully pulling in 125k/yr. Title is in her name. Here's the drama part, while married her husb...

I've been diving into real estate for a while now and always love meeting others who are navigating this crazy, but rewarding, journey.Looking forward to learning from everyone, swapping ideas, and hearing about different strategies you all are using.

Sounds like a challenging but rewarding project!

If an asset is throwing off a certain yield that is not commiserate with it's risk, then investors will then begin paying more for that asset, thus decreasing it's yield....or start paying less for the asset which would increase it's yield, until it was at the proper risk/return rate to produce the yield that is truly reflective of it's risk.The problem is novice real estate investors get the risk/reward correlation backwards.

Now sometimes I would get a credit for a new lead but you have to write a detailed explanation every time I would ask for refund and wouldn't always get it rewarded. 

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs: my advice is to get some cash first.. dont be so focused on super high leverage. do seller finance first .. forget sub too until you are very well established and have ability to cash out the loans or refi on a moments notice @Don Konipol  Don gave you chapter a verse about the sub to risk/rewards.

We are looking at investment properties in Brooklyn, and found one we liked and want to add an additional floor (two stories as of now, would go to three), but the zoning is M1-2, which is commercial.  90% of surround...