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Chris Masons Investing passive Real Estate income elsewhere....
29 October 2013 | 4 replies
While this forum is primarily Real Estate driven I was wondering if there was anybody that took there income earned through Real Estate whether it be via rehabbing,buying and selling, landlording ETC. and invested it into another market sector?
Michael Seeker Why should we invest in real estate when there are so many other options?
14 October 2013 | 2 replies
Almost 10% have real estate as the main source of their wealth, though I'd bet that "investments" and "diversified" probably involve REI to some extent as well.Sector and number of people who have this listed as their source of wealth: real estate - 26energy - 19investments - 19diversified - 18retail - 16metals - 14media - 10banking - 10hedge funds - 6beer - 6Sector and sum of the net worth from that sector in billions diversified - 250.2energy - 198.7real estate - 197.4investments - 174.7metals - 169.3retail - 129.7Wal-Mart - 111.8telecom - 91.7media - 85.6banking - 83.7
Ben M. Property Tax Houston Harris county
31 May 2020 | 24 replies
Lots of growth coming on housing sector - own or rent. 
Jalen Henningsen Austin, Texas market for young investors
21 February 2018 | 4 replies
Large institutional capital investments across a variety of sectors (retail, industrial, MF & office.)
Ron K. Selling for the equity Vs Keeping for the monthly rent
24 November 2017 | 8 replies
Plus in a refi you'll probably leave a significant amount of equity in the property which further hinders improving that return.You might be better off selling and doing a 1031 and using all $350K in cash to go buy several value add or cash flow opportunities using more leverage than you could with a refi.Or another option  that many of our skittish clients are using is to sell, 1031, and then use the $350K to purchase say a $200K property that will generate at least 7-8% net of all expenses  for cash and use the other $150K with maximum leverage to purchase an additional $500K of investment real estate which throws off a very superior return due to the leverage and sector
Account Closed Biringham vs. Huntsville, AL
1 September 2018 | 17 replies
Huntsville is actually on the downward trend with monthly rents, however the city seems to be attracting a good number of millennials especially in the tech sector.  
Account Closed Housing Market Collapse 2.0 Accelerates Rapidly!
13 September 2018 | 18 replies
“Weak Housing Market Could Trigger Retail-Spending Pullback” If there is any sector that is susceptible to getting hurt by the actions of the Fed and the rise in materials costs it is the housing market.
Darrell Lee I accidentally bought a house for $550... You ever do that?
15 May 2015 | 32 replies
Just one deposit for an entire sector of states such as the NE properties or SE states group.
Cristina Benson Using Equity to buy Investment Homes for rentals
9 June 2015 | 4 replies
You can use this amount to your leisure as long as you abide by the terms.
Trey Eaton RUBS vs Sub-Metering Lakewood, OH (Cleveland)
31 December 2016 | 16 replies
In their apartments, tenants take leisurely baths and showers.