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15 July 2024 | 11 replies
Taking an empty site or reimagining an existing/abandoned building into housing or mixed use is most definitely a goal of mine.
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16 July 2024 | 11 replies
Lastly, the comment above that Scott made about business plans: I don't think we really considered business plans until we had a handful of houses.
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15 July 2024 | 0 replies
Initially we had intended on starting our real estate journey through multi-family house hacking, but this opportunity popped up first and it was hard to ignore.
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15 July 2024 | 2 replies
It’s not as hard as you think and if this Amtrak attracts more people to Scranton, not only will they not want to live in an old run down house but they’ll likely have the money to rent or buy something newer.
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15 July 2024 | 1 reply
Clearly at the time the land was divided and sold, it was considered acceptable to building houses on this size lots, even with septic.
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15 July 2024 | 19 replies
How many calls do you think they get for someone who is going to "buy 10 houses this year and wants to build a team?"
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11 July 2024 | 15 replies
Hi everybody my name is Kamari.I live in Ohio and plan to buy my first house hack by the end of this year!
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16 July 2024 | 7 replies
Not all lenders can do that, but...for instance...I'm actually a District Manager with Build 2 Rent here in Florida and we have off-market investment properties (both occupied and vacant) that you can purchase with our in-house lenders and interest rates in the low 4's because of the incentives we currently have available.
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14 July 2024 | 0 replies
Hi My name Is Eloisa I just bought my first property to lived in, I used the 203k loan that it was a little hustle.Just to share a little more about this loan that in my opinion was better than a regular FHA because the house that I got it was renovated totally the entire house,!!
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12 July 2024 | 8 replies
I have 50k in equity built up and am looking to buy my first rental property, most likely a single family house.