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30 December 2024 | 7 replies
It is just a job, not RE investing.Save up and buy your own place to Truley create wealth and not just make an actual owner money.
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28 December 2024 | 12 replies
Cleaner is paid a fixed rate for a specific job, you are paid a % of revenue.
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28 December 2024 | 1 reply
Where I have a Handyman Business that I started when I retired from a Government job after 30 years.
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29 December 2024 | 14 replies
If you don't, you should get to it and be there now, that's your job as landlord.
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30 December 2024 | 14 replies
They do a good job of regularly releasing episodes and they frequently talk about starting out with their initial capital pool and growing their business.
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7 January 2025 | 9 replies
Also, focus on 2 years of job/income stability.Class D Properties:Cashflow vs Appreciation: Typically, all cashflow with little, maybe even negative, relative rent & value appreciationVacancy Est: 20%+ should be used to cover nonpayment, evictions & damages.Tenant Pool: majority will have FICO scores under 560 (almost 30% probability of default), little to no good tradelines, lots of collections & chargeoffs, recent evictions.
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9 January 2025 | 44 replies
well thats part of the job checking out your collateral.. :)
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28 December 2024 | 1 reply
I was building a new laundromat in the best retail area of our town when our job site got its tools and copper robbed for the second time.
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28 December 2024 | 23 replies
Most of us enjoy progress, we like to move the needle.I technically retired in 2015 from my W2 job on rental income.
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19 December 2024 | 24 replies
I've been eyeing land in Central and West Texas, and they occasionally have some interesting opportunities, but some of them seem too good to be true.