My PM just evicted 2 tenants in a 4 plex. They were going to charge too much for the cleaning and make ready, so I asked if I could do it myself, and then they could send me the security deposits. They said yes - both...

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If you had $500,000 to invest in real estate right now, what would you do?
 
Buy a fixer-upper to renovate and flip fo...

If you just take the 13,835 financed at 6% you are adding 83 dollars a month. so a double whammy.Now, lets consider if rates drop to 5.5% in 24 months (not a prediction just a what if) and you could have refinanced at a much lower costs then the above scenario in what you paid in pre-paid and additional interest. on the other hand, if rates for your same scenario after your 5 year payback period is 9, then you will have an asset with a much lower then current market rent.  

You take the div to pay on margin %, your sub 6%. 

While the debt would whip out most of the profit for 'x' amt of time, it would seem to be logical to take on the risk at a net zero income for x amt of years if after that point, the cashflow is all positive.

In any market, there are those whose situation forces them to make changes and they will bite the bullet and sell.I don't expect interest rates will change much unless they get rid of the Fed, which I don't expect to happen.

If I do, I need to sell it by July 2026 in order to not have cap gains. We lived in two of the last five years up until July 2026.
I haven't been like I should watching the market like I should. I want to have more re...

I also think there's invaluable growth in just taking action.

It's mostly a joke.I think it did good - the influencer who opines regularly on cap rates, interest rates, the Fed, inflation, and is generally an economist, or even a bit of a philosopher, probably does alright! 

You will not be fed information and it is not a "club" of people you just get to network with.