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5 July 2013 | 24 replies
If I am highly leveraged, which in most cases I am and on many of the houses I've purchased in the last three years as I have less than $10k in on each of them, my return is quite significant to say the least.Inherently, I see nothing wrong with buying affordable housing.
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3 July 2013 | 12 replies
I'll add that if they had a bad tenant that trashed a unit, that unit could have been a long vacancy, with a high repair bill on top of that - this gets quite expensive, and if this owner was not adequately capitalized ...
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5 July 2013 | 6 replies
The home is the bait pile and the buyers are all coming to eat.4.
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5 July 2013 | 12 replies
I'm not quite sure on the exact procedural details (as far as the contracts and paperwork would go), but I've been browsing around the site, and I'm sure I'll keep running into good information.I'm really looking for any potential partners or mentors in Gainesville that could help me develop in this aspect.
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4 July 2013 | 19 replies
Hello everyone,I was wondering what most of you real estate investors would consider the "ideal" number of properties to be able to quit your job and live comfortably without having the NEED to pick up another property.
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6 July 2013 | 15 replies
I own a property in Indianapolis and it's performing quite well.Setup some keyword alerts, maybe one for "Los Angeles".
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9 July 2013 | 7 replies
I have been in the financial services, sales for quite a while now.
4 July 2013 | 8 replies
Sold my rental property, worked 4 years as an EMT/ Firefighter and now that my kids are grown up a little, I'm looking to get back in the game with my wife.I have worked with the city here on a number of rehabs and also have quite a bit of experience as a carpenter/ contractor.
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5 July 2013 | 5 replies
If the three of you can come up with the $$ I would pay off the bank and have G-ma quit claim it to you.
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4 July 2013 | 0 replies
It’s quite a characteristic of them.”Many wage earners are caught in a rat race.