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14 November 2024 | 5 replies
I’m also exploring opportunities in Dayton and Northern Kentucky, so if anyone is active in those regions, I’d really appreciate your insights as well.A bit about me: I’m an attorney by trade but also work in the real estate market.
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13 November 2024 | 1 reply
For more visibility, consider cannabis trade shows and industry events.
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17 November 2024 | 10 replies
A Heloc can never be used as a PITI reserve, or an asset instead its a debt burden and an additional trade line on credit.A Heloc carries a higher risk when it comes to security meaning if you miss a payment even by mistake or for any reason, your scores drop, or your balances start to change your DTI or usage percentage.
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18 November 2024 | 12 replies
I got a 2013 Toyota Corolla for $17k, so unfortunately, even if I trade it in I still have about $6-9k in negative equity on the car that I’ll still owe.
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18 November 2024 | 13 replies
Hello, personally, if it was me in your situation, I would not trade the low interest rates you currently have by cashing out the relatively smaller equity you have in your current properties for a much higher interest rate.
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14 November 2024 | 13 replies
It is extremely difficult and managing all the trades, managing the budget and the schedule to get the project completed on time as the quality level you expect.
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15 November 2024 | 10 replies
If you hire a handyman in the bay area you will probably pay $35-50/hr depending on skill level and the trade involved.This work was done in Richmond, CA.
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12 November 2024 | 18 replies
Plus if you bought with all cash from the proceeds of the sale you would be trading down in asset value quite a bit.Depending on the refi rate you could consider keeping this and refinancing it to pull some cash out which you could use as a down payment on another property.Just some thoughts, hope they help the issue with the refi is those rates at the new loan if i do a 75% LTV will almost overcome the cash flow its producing now and basically get to a break even point.
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14 November 2024 | 6 replies
All three generate leads from insurance claim residents and traveling professionals (medical and the trades).One of the advantages of FF has been that it's forced us to have systems in place to create leases, accept security deposits without co-mingling and provide "live" customer service.
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12 November 2024 | 4 replies
I'm curious if these new tech can somehow help me streamline certain tasks or reduce dependency on scarce trades in your experience.Appreciate any additional thoughts I looked at 3d printing those machines are 800k plus.. and if you watch the video you need very large lots as you have to bring in truck loads of sand etc.. so thats not really going to work in an urban environment like Charleston SC were I have built 35 plus homes in the downtown core on lots that are from 12' wide to max of about 30' and roadways that are only 20' wide and have houses and cars on every lot expect the infill..