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20 January 2025 | 2 replies
Low taxes, low crime, low homelessness, friendly people, all 4 seasons, etc!
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30 January 2025 | 3 replies
I've never had something that low, but I'm also looking at roughly $30k in equity on this property.
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5 February 2025 | 3 replies
Capacity and Tolerance. 1) Capacity: how many people can you comfortably fit in the property, is there room to add more, or add more value to the tenants to increase rent.2) Tolerance: How many people are you comfortable living with, if there are vacancies are you able to handle that.House hacking is an amazing path to homeownership, and a nice low barrier to entry into self managing your properties.
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3 February 2025 | 15 replies
If you want to buy your first property ASAP, house hacking (duplex, triplex, or renting extra rooms) is one of the best ways to start with a low down payment while learning property management.
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3 January 2025 | 8 replies
But, this will be front-end weighted and gradually slow towards the back half of the year.
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26 January 2025 | 8 replies
There was positive population growth, medium home price growth, low unemployment, good rent to home ratios, and low crime, all of which are factors when I start looking into an area to invest in.
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25 January 2025 | 14 replies
The denominator in the calculation is your capital/equity and with no debt the return on your existing equity is low.
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25 January 2025 | 32 replies
They use leverage in some of their funds, which can increase returns, especially if they have a low cost of capital (but potentially increase risk and trigger UBIT issues).
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4 February 2025 | 10 replies
It could be 50% high, 50% low or right on the money but no matter which of those three it is makes no difference.
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29 January 2025 | 0 replies
My vision for CountOnCam LLC is to be a company that would like to provide a shared housing experience for women and children, immigrants, and low income families.