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12 February 2024 | 44 replies
With modern LED lights and no issue with load or heat this does not seem a high priority to me.
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12 February 2024 | 2 replies
My journey into real estate investing started in August 2023 when I joined the "Homeschooled by Tarek" program, led by Tarek El Moussa himself and his amazing panel of coaches!
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12 February 2024 | 5 replies
The pull back in these markets is due to a confluence of many factors, but it started with these environmental factors:Low interest rates and easy financing for new projects.Structurally high rent growth on existing inventory.High wage growth and high job growth.Very low vacancy.These factors led to floods of institutional capital coming to these markets to snap up existing multifamily inventory and build new supply to meet demand.For these markets, the last 5 years have been a seemingly never ending party!
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11 February 2024 | 8 replies
The outcry from that led to many of the changes we are enjoying today.TALK TO YOUR CPA.
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10 February 2024 | 0 replies
I certainly led me to thinking that residential assisted living homes (RALs) may be a valid investment venture to dive into over the next few years.That being said, I am interested in connecting with anyone who has had any experience with RALs, and similar types of settings, specifically within the states of New York and New Jersey.
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9 February 2024 | 2 replies
Several years later, our incorporation and utilization of a new SFR software, Appfolio, would prove to be a game changer for us, assuming positive control of residency from inception.Every resident came with a story, and our bleeding hearts consistently led us astray, so we formed leasing guidelines.
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7 February 2024 | 17 replies
In 2023, my interest in real estate began to grow and led me to putting time aside to learn about the brrr method.
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7 February 2024 | 11 replies
But just after taking my test, I learned of a friend who was making a KILLING selling sub-prime loans for an old mortgage lender called Countrywide.Well one thing led to another, I applied for the MLO job and got it, and Countrywide told me that I couldn't be a licensed agent at the same time as an MLO due to it being a conflict of interest.All that being said, I still don't know to this day if that was just a Countrywide rule or more of a formal regulation.
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9 February 2024 | 79 replies
You definitely should've led with TikTok.
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7 February 2024 | 28 replies
Not being intimately involved in your specific situation, it is impossible to know all the facts that led to the current situation and does not constitute an opinion of fault.Good luck with your project,Alex Furini, RA