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4 July 2024 | 3 replies
I’m often asked by new investor hopefuls how to get started in real estate when cash is light.
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7 July 2024 | 11 replies
That is where I started with my VA loan, and they pointed me in the right direction.
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7 July 2024 | 5 replies
I am an ambitious retired network engineer who started that career after closing down my first business which was in the automobile industry، sooner later I developed an interest in investing in my property and other ones by using Airbnb. it was a really funny story to begin but you know that after one year I would be managing 33 luxury apartments distributed across one of the fastest growing communities in my country.
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8 July 2024 | 7 replies
Start by joining local real estate groups, studying the market, and learning more.
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10 July 2024 | 11 replies
Start by looking at the location, market trends, and property condition.
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7 July 2024 | 1 reply
are you asking your tenants to renew 90 days out and starting Just Cause ?
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5 July 2024 | 7 replies
You posted basically the same question in the same forum 2 hours before this so I would delete one so you get better answers.How long have you been sourcing properties?
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10 July 2024 | 11 replies
What is your opinion or experience by starting a tenant with a month-to-month lease instead of a full year term?
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7 July 2024 | 2 replies
I started looking into real estate as a way to financial independence around that time and was offered to buy my first property by a family member who was looking to leave the investment world.
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8 July 2024 | 2 replies
If you just hire the cheapest or first PMC you speak with and it turns into a bad experience, please don’t assume ALL PMC’s are bad and start trashing PMC’s in general.