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25 May 2024 | 4 replies
You seem to have a lot of competition in your field, but you keep plugging along.I've bought numerous homes on the private market, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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24 May 2024 | 9 replies
I keep hearing how people are cost segregating, but I have pushed my accountant numerous times on this and he just saying that if we did the cost seg, all of that depreciation would just go into a reserve that would then be applied when we sell the home.
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25 May 2024 | 13 replies
-Wholesaling: You could get your feet wet and get to know how to source deals through wholesaling.
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24 May 2024 | 12 replies
But it could be numerous reasons...
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23 May 2024 | 4 replies
This past year there have been numerous disagreements, arguments, difference of thinking, etc which drove us to wanting out.
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23 May 2024 | 4 replies
I've bought numerous properties with none of my own money - but you have to work to find these deals and make a lot of offers, and hear a lot of no's.
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23 May 2024 | 9 replies
By state law we had to do a lot of asbestos testing, and I ended up getting asbestos training.I was told that some drywall as late as mid 1980s had asbestos, so we took numerous random samples, but found none.
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22 May 2024 | 6 replies
Hey I'm trying to get my feet wet and learn more about real estate investing.
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23 May 2024 | 7 replies
Take action within reason and get your feet wet.