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12 May 2014 | 7 replies
Hi y'all , i came across this website by accident late last night , googling and searching real estate stuff , and i love it already.I've been wanting to invest in real estate for the longest time and finally decided that its time , i'm 35 yrs old moved from florida to Dallas in 2006 and love it .
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15 May 2014 | 6 replies
But I was able to split the 1m commision with the tenant.I put the apt on craigs last night already have a few lead so hopefully I wont need an agent this time!
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2 February 2015 | 10 replies
Unless you park in the top parking lot close to the interstate then at night when the game lets out you are forced to drive the homeless section and it takes 45 minutes to get out on the interstate.
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13 May 2014 | 2 replies
Hit your local REAI meetings, dive into the forums and build relationships.
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11 August 2015 | 53 replies
I like cash flow, because it is allowing me to grow (or pay bills), but equity helps me to sleep at night knowing I am not as vulnerable to changes in market rent.
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12 May 2014 | 8 replies
According to the zoning doc that @Joshua McGinnis posted, any number people over 5 in a single family dwelling (that aren't related) requires it to be re-zoned as a boarding house, and if there are more than 6 "guest rooms", as a hotel.Not that you're going to dive into this topic but........
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12 May 2014 | 7 replies
A couple weeks ago I noticed my neighbors were suddenly gone, but occasionally they'd come back to collect certain items but never over night.
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17 May 2014 | 26 replies
Seeing I work some strange hours (Graveyard shift) I take naps either during the day or sometimes at night, wake up at night too lol.
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15 May 2014 | 6 replies
That would also be a CoC of like 9.3% if we upped your cash to more like $58K by doubling your closing cost estimate.So as you can see we can all just play around with numbers all night
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13 May 2014 | 4 replies
There might be a reasonable explanation (like the guy in the article).I believe that landlords should use any information available to make a decision, but they also should night blindly say no just because of a potential ding.