What is wrong with this website is the majority of people on this site have no idea how to evaluate risk.When you have 25 year old hot shots trying to brag about how easy real estate is only to see them go crying to mommy in five years when they are completely underwater and are like "oh me" - ask me how I know.

And how BP instructs people to navigate, evaluate, and manage rental properties is not sufficient for this post-rate hike '22 era.

totally hear you, pre 2021 in knoxville was a totally different ball game. again depending on your goals and strategies, your expectations aren't unrealistic. some deals may require more of an investment to make the numbers work like one of my student rentals that was a full gut project and took nearly a year to complete yet it spits out 15% cash on cash returns annually and i purchased that late 2022. investing in general is a risky endeavor, it's all relative to ones own risk tolerance depending on their position. we try and make calculated risks and look to evaluate multiple exits before pulling the trigger, yet there is still some risk involved. maybe a reit or syndication is the way to go if you want to be in real estate yet don't want to take on the properties yourself. either way i'm happy to make some local connections. 

To effectively evaluate the financial implications of renting versus house hacking, we’ll dive deep into the numbers and walk you through how we calculated them.

Dive into detailed market research, establish clear investment objectives, evaluate your financial readiness, analyze properties thoroughly, and perform due diligence before finalizing any transactions.

If the person performing snow removal services is an employee of the snow removal company then that company should maintain workers comp insurance.

It’s very hands on for most owners (high turnover employees  and employees stealing bc of cash sales) so as long as that’s something you’re willing to do it’s likely a great option for you. 

Joined my dad's company after college as an employee, which makes my story a little unique and well, rather uninteresting. 

Question for mike, I have a full time job as a carpenter and am a W2 employee.

I was recently laid off from my job and have three issues: 1) No way to get a conventional mortgage 2) Need a place to live, and an advantage: sizeable savings on stock, bonds.I want to start investing in RE (ideally multifamilys), but for now I want to start small: buy a condo to live in, and [whenever I buy a multifamily I could move to] rent it.I would like to evaluate my high-level strategy, and get your comments:* [Soon] Get a "securities line of credit" worth around 15% of my savings.