
19 June 2013 | 8 replies
How is starting out investing in a small city vs. a large city?

18 June 2013 | 7 replies
I was lucky to learn some of the ropes from a very large Fargo ND property owner and am almost as cheap as he is in general :p.

26 June 2013 | 5 replies
One of the properties I ran cashflows on seems initially attractive -- 12.6% cap rate (and 28.9% CCR assuming 75 LTV / 30yr fixed rate loan / 6.0% interest, 50% expense ratio, and assumed rent 12% below rentometer.com's median rent for the area in which the fourplex is located (monthly assumed rent is 2.11% of purchase price)).Though my projected return ratios are attractive (12.6% and 28.9%) on this property, I'm not sure if the magnitude of the return is large enough.

27 June 2013 | 7 replies
The assessment went from $19,000 to $38,000 after minor rehabbing & he was renting it at the time.Then we got a foreclosure for $21,000 (it was a very large home & was assessed for $48,000).

30 July 2013 | 8 replies
I have a large number of investors looking for continued opportunities to lend money to exiting and up and coming real estate developers and builders.Hope to talk soon.Regards,John Rubino

13 July 2013 | 10 replies
But, you seem to be genuinely looking for opinions, so I wanted to add mine.A CPA is good to have, but until you are running a business with lots of ins-and-outs or a huge bankroll, a CPA is largely a reactive tax person... and not even a strategic tax person.

2 September 2013 | 15 replies
I would find a good mortgage broker / banker or any large volume mortgage lender and explain the details as I have laid them out, and they can give you the details of the loan guidelines and how best to approach all this.Good luck and happy hunting.

5 June 2015 | 52 replies
By and large internalizing and re-instating in a way that promotes delivery requires doing IMO.

30 June 2013 | 13 replies
In general, it costs me 50 to 70 cents each time I "touch" these targets with direct mail.There are also ways to carpet bomb areas - such as "shared mail" which can be somewhat targeted and costs only $1,600 to deliver a large postcard to 10,000 addresses.Depending on your budget, you can layer these techniques so you are always coming at the market from several different directions at a reasonable cost for marketing.Best Wishes!

27 June 2013 | 7 replies
Continue to invest your cash and keep scaling your business.