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19 October 2015 | 36 replies
A popular way here in Santa Barbara to generate higher returns on residential income property is to rent to College students, think UCSB or Santa Barbara City College.
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4 October 2015 | 5 replies
I try to stay out of these types of situations but as a practical matter most tenants do tend to have their usual parking spot and I do get calls because "so and so" is parking in my spot.
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30 October 2020 | 16 replies
(texas company) and altisource (luxembourg company) for various types of fraud and violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
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6 October 2015 | 7 replies
@Shane Paeperwelcome to BP and congrats on getting started on learning while in college.
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5 October 2015 | 15 replies
However, what's also true in Texas is that property taxes fund our schools, and community colleges and hospital districts, etc.
4 October 2015 | 9 replies
I read through most of the book provided online as well and it's definitely a lot of great information but again would still like some guidance on the best place to start....Would definiltey appreciate any advice anybody can give, I want practical and attainable tips to get my feet wet.
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6 October 2015 | 12 replies
The first commercial property my wife and I bought is the dental condo that our practice is in.
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5 October 2015 | 8 replies
I currently have one single family home in AZ that I bought a while ago (right after college before I knew it was a good investment) and I would like to do a 1031 into a larger multifam in LA and eventually grow that portfolio.
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8 October 2015 | 17 replies
I am officially paying off the last of my collections this thursday, and then Ill be collections free, and I can be debt free in less than 6 months after.I really want to continue expanding my businesses, as well as expand into RE, with a more heavy emphasis on RE than my businesses until the previous and current acquisitions stabilize and the dust settles.I wont say how much I make, just that I have the cash flow to very easily put down 10 and 20% down payments on houses every two weeks with ease.I really want to expand into RE in the baltimore area, fort meade area, Joint base Andrews area, college areas across the US, in Tennessee, and in Texas.
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5 October 2015 | 4 replies
My real estate investing experience is none, other than I remodeled and built houses for seven years out of college.