Craig M
Experiences rehabbing in tract housing neighborhoods
24 June 2010 | 8 replies
Something people that want to scale down are attracted toward.
Rich Weese
OIL OIL OIL here in the U.S
4 August 2010 | 19 replies
Assumption: The greater demand for them the greater the economy of scale will be, the more investment in production & efficiency will be made and prices drop.
Mubarak Thakur
How do you decide where to invest
24 July 2010 | 5 replies
I don't like the low range because no loans are available for potential buyers and I don't buy crap.I don't like the high range "upper scale neighborhoods" either.
Rich Weese
How to sell your business follow up
28 July 2010 | 13 replies
We don't really have a system for properties from the damaged goods level to the retail/end user level that is on a large scale, organized basis.
Account Closed
Real estate to become regulated
31 July 2010 | 12 replies
All you have to do is have a ratcheting scale of reserve requirements for financial firms so that larger firms have to maintain more reserves.
Tom C
Getting back into the game
2 August 2010 | 5 replies
Banks are unloading pprtfolios of properties in bulk, something never done before on such a scale as today.
Jon Klaus
Homeowner wants to reinn in runaway HOA board
4 August 2010 | 7 replies
One issue that has been working to keep the current president and others in is that there are about 70 rent houses out of 415, and we think that he is able to get a decent number of proxy votes from them each year to really tilt the scale in his favor.
Jimmy H.
Investing in War Zones
11 August 2010 | 23 replies
In the area I invest (and I suspect most major city's) there is sort of a "buffer" of neighborhoods between the war zone and the upper scale/middle class suburbs.Some folks call these areas "working class" neighborhoods.
Keo Manivong
Condo vs House
16 September 2010 | 19 replies
So, then we move along a bit on the acquistion cost scale, and there will probably be some that are cheap enough to also make for profitable rentals.
David Beard
Conventional Loans for Properties 5-10
15 June 2015 | 14 replies
One thesis I was evaluating was purchasing 4-plexes that need only light rehab at the worst, maximizing the units I could conventionally finance for 30-years at low rates, as well as gaining obvious economies of scale on closing costs and property maintenance, then turning to my community banker for purchasing REOs and other distressed properties, with all meeting (or nearly meeting) the 2%/50% guidelines (adjusted up or down based on "risk" of location and frequency of expected turnover).