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9 January 2025 | 44 replies
You will need to find partners, you will need to travel to where you wish to invest, you will need to understand the ins and outs of the business by being actively involved and treating it like a business and not some super passive investment.If you don't want to do that work I suggest you just put that 200k into some sort of diversified mutual fund that can make you 10+% on your money without any of the work of real estate.At the end of the day this is just my advice and I'm only a stranger on the internet.
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25 January 2025 | 26 replies
However, my work involves a lot of late nights and it’s starting to take a toll on me, especially with two young children.
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26 December 2024 | 5 replies
Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.
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29 December 2024 | 12 replies
The wholesaler created new terms with the tenants and the wholesaler plans to hold it so that the new loan gets seasoned, before selling the note.I opted not to get involved and have started my knowledge building into private lending.
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21 December 2024 | 11 replies
Hi Niece, I'd suggest you get involved with other like minded folks at your local real estate group.
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11 January 2025 | 19 replies
I taught myself Spanish, I already know the construction crews in the area, the realtors, the communities, the land, I have someone managing the property, I have a maintenance crew… I already did an incredible amount of the work involved in finding a deal and turning it around through reconstruction and proper management.
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11 January 2025 | 420 replies
@Chris May,You're really whipping a dead horse.The whole principle behind mortgage acceleration involves paying the principle off faster.How it is done is irrelevant.
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3 January 2025 | 26 replies
Offer to intern, find a way to get involved.3rd - If you find a deal, you can then find financing!
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21 December 2024 | 14 replies
We've never actually had a tenant use it after reading the addendum (which was our goal), and I think it helps prevent problems when they understand the myriad issues involved in its use.
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26 December 2024 | 3 replies
Simplified Approval Process - SB 9 requires ministerial approval for eligible projects, meaning they bypass discretionary reviews that often involve lengthy public hearings and bureaucratic red tape.