John Lasher
How is the market where you are?
29 January 2025 | 12 replies
We did get a nasty snowstorm and the artic blast so Jan was calm due to that.
Dallas Morioka
Using Seller Financing to Buy Primary Home
22 January 2025 | 3 replies
Are you able to use it easily, only with a HELOC.If you lose your tax deductions, then Uncle Sam is happy to take more of your money each year.Good Investing...
Jose Martinez
32 Rentals – What’s Next?
27 January 2025 | 8 replies
I'm assuming you are arriving at your cash flow number by applying Gross income - cap ex, maintenance, utilities, vacancy, tax, insurance, mgt, landscape/snow & Debt service?
Mitch Provost
Student Rental Investment Market
21 January 2025 | 3 replies
@Mitch ProvostFrom my experience of working with over 400 investors, your property near Texas A&M in College Station/Bryan has strong investment potential due to the consistent demand for student housing driven by steady enrollment growth.
Gabe Fermin
Augusta, Georgia (First Time Investor)
27 January 2025 | 8 replies
Areas like Downtown, Summerville, and West Augusta are particularly desirable due to their proximity to amenities, universities, and employment centers.In terms of your preferred strategies, it would be helpful to know what type of lending you plan to use.
Ryan Daulton
Benefits of self-directed IRAs
14 January 2025 | 18 replies
During escrow converted it to a Roth and paid the taxes.
Kyle Fitch
Why Real Estate Over Stock Market?
6 January 2025 | 57 replies
both have their place as investments, but leveraged RE appreciation historically has whooped unleveraged stock growth (due to the leverage, historically stock has done slightly better than unleveraged RE nationally).
Mark Simpson
How this guy used AI to Acquire 15 Off-Market Short-Term Rentals in Just 12 Months
29 January 2025 | 4 replies
Here’s how they approached it:1.Scraping Listings: They used web scraping tools like Beautiful Soup and GPT APIs to scan Airbnb for properties in their target areas.2.Image Analysis: They trained an AI model to analyse listing photos, identifying homes with solid potential (good structure, layout, location) that were undervalued due to low-quality photos.
Yvonne Wang
Example of a contractor contract and work list?
4 January 2025 | 3 replies
Hello @Yvonne Wang,The scope of work should include the following:- Basic info: Property address, client name, contractor's contact info, address, license#'s, signed general/operating agreement b/w contractor and client- Specification of repairs: Repair item, Quantity of items needed, total & per unit cost of items, taxes (if applicable), Completion hours, title of the person responsible for the repair item, written summary describing the work- Add'l info: Schedule of repairs, additional payment schedule details i.e. disbursement schedule, method of disbursement, deposits, holdback amounts, etc.The screenshot below highlights a couple of repair items.
Isaac Terry
Investing Out Of State - Starting
22 January 2025 | 20 replies
I would just be cautious, as there are some rough neighborhoods in both Akron and Cleveland that seem attractive due to the cash flow but will be money pits after the vandalism and vacancy.