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Fulati Paerhati What is the good location to buy a rental property for 250k cash ?
6 February 2025 | 58 replies
Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.
Chan Park Plumbing Issue - Landlord's vs. Tenant's expense
29 January 2025 | 14 replies
That's your job. you should be inspecting the rental at least once a year and looking for things like this that could cause problems.I'm curious why your caulking is completely gone if this is "newer" construction.
Troy Parker Renting your first rental to a friend
26 January 2025 | 11 replies
@Troy ParkerCongratulations on the renovations and your new job opportunity!
Donnie Jones brand new with high aspirations to learn more
16 January 2025 | 4 replies
Quote from @Donnie Jones: The harsh truth is that wholesaling is a job, not a means of investing.
Ming Huang Which market should I invest as a newbie: San Antonio Vs Austin Vs OKC
22 January 2025 | 3 replies
My goal is to buy one rental per year with price between 150k-250k for the next ten years (if i get to keep my job). 
Jerry Nogueras NYC Residents- Which areas outside NYC have you seen the most success for rentals?
27 January 2025 | 6 replies
Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.
Jerry Huerta Oklahoma Real Estate Investing!
21 January 2025 | 4 replies
My piece of advice would be to research emerging neighborhoods and focus on areas with strong job growth and infrastructure development. 
Ivan Castanon I need to change strategies. What should I do?
3 February 2025 | 47 replies
Also, co-living situations or top performing short-term rentals can produce a pretty high cash on cash return but again they are pretty active with a high turnover of tenants and guests unless you find someone else to manage them and then you are usually paying a good portion of the profits to the manager.But let's say that you have a job and are not interested in fixing and flipping or a high turnover type of investment and you would rather be a more passive investor.
Vivien Martin New member from the Chicago area!
18 January 2025 | 17 replies
Have a steady 9-5 job but looking to branch into real estate investing as well. 
Ben Callahan Do you actually have to live in the house?
7 February 2025 | 11 replies
However my understanding is that exceptions can be made if unexpected life events happen such as job relocation, eminent domain, marriage, divorce, changes to family size, deployment, imprisonment, bankruptcy etc.