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8 February 2025 | 8 replies
AND prices have come down a bit in the last few years.Get a good grip on your personal spending and CUT BACK on everything for a couple of years.
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30 January 2025 | 8 replies
Coupled with persistently high interest rates that may last for years, rising insurance premiums are inevitable, regardless of your property’s condition.
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19 January 2025 | 15 replies
Quote from @Kevin Ansari: This is hands down one of the WORST insurance company broker whatever they call themselves you can ever use.
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3 February 2025 | 47 replies
After explaining a couple of options he told me he would rather just partner up with me and be the money partner and I would be the operating partner.
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15 January 2025 | 10 replies
@Rebecca Knox - Do you find the deals yourself and then hand it off to your PM?
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22 January 2025 | 5 replies
I was only with realize for maybe a couple weeks, so cant really speak on them.
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3 February 2025 | 8 replies
Cost to wait is maybe save couple grand on zoning attorney but could potentially make that up by earning some rent earlier (vs. unused space).
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11 January 2025 | 6 replies
Section 8 could also work as a hybrid strategy here; the stable income is nice, and with good property management, it’s pretty hands-off.
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18 January 2025 | 4 replies
A couple of assumptions I see here stand out to me.
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29 January 2025 | 23 replies
On the other hand it backs up inventory, which hurts prices in the short term.