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1 February 2025 | 5 replies
Knowing your current state comps is a great place to start and a real estate agent can help pull those figures quickly.
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29 January 2025 | 14 replies
I'm not very intimate with the markets to the north and south, but I would start looking at price to rent ratios and decide what type of rental type and terms you want to invest in.
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5 February 2025 | 1 reply
Im also interested in starting to invest in housing whether that be flipping, BRRR, etcMy wife, 54, is newly positioned social worker and climbing to what she feels is her max with clients.
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27 January 2025 | 18 replies
Our firm is planning on starting a Portal (legal term) next year on our roadmap because with $5M as the new threshold this really can move the needle for certain projects and sponsors.
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24 January 2025 | 11 replies
One thing I wish I knew starting out was the true overhead of running a RE business it can be pricey if you don't run your numbers right.
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24 January 2025 | 6 replies
Consider starting small by house hacking a single-family home, renting out rooms, or adding an ADU if possible.
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27 January 2025 | 29 replies
Personally, I started investing in both single-family and multifamily without joining any coaching programs.
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29 January 2025 | 25 replies
Quote from @Kim Scheid: @Travis Biziorek and @Sean O'Keefe, we are looking to start with our first out of state rental and would love to know more about self management.
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1 February 2025 | 0 replies
Hi I'm gege new to the site starting the Wholesale investment and need help finding seller, where should I brand myself is there an email pitch or a call pitch I can send to seller, like people in foreclosure, or bankruptcy, or late payment and where will I get the ARV, Repair Value, Offer The price that you need to get it under contract for and where do I get the contract form and if I get a seller and a buyer how do I get a legal person to handle all the paper work for closing.
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4 February 2025 | 6 replies
When the plumber removed the cleanout cap, water started coming out.