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19 January 2025 | 147 replies
.: RAD encourages investors to make them hard money loans (that are really unsecured) with a 20% interest rate because the "REIT is full" or there is "a waitlist" to get in on the opportunities. pretty tough if not impossible to take on 20% long term debt on buy and hold / rent model.. its tough at 10% let alone double that ..
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14 February 2025 | 17 replies
should I consider heavily Ohio or you can make it pretty much any place, or Texas in generalThanks!!!
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12 February 2025 | 12 replies
Quote from @Josh Jung: Thinking of switching over to beagle - ran into them at a NARPM conference in DC last week. seemed pretty good Let me know how Beagle goes.
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7 February 2025 | 6 replies
In summer, the electric is higher, but the gas is lower so it pretty much evens out over the year.
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11 February 2025 | 21 replies
Needs gutters, full kitchen and bath, floors, paint with some drywall repair, windows, front porch and the deck on the rear is pretty poor as well.
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16 February 2025 | 3 replies
I'm pretty much stuck without them and unsure where to turn next.
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16 February 2025 | 10 replies
Someone out there must study those submarkets pretty heavily and can explain how housing stock has changed or not changed month over month the last few months...I dove into the propaganda video that's making the rounds.
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7 February 2025 | 6 replies
Pretty easy to not check this and have a failure after you close...
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12 February 2025 | 12 replies
While fees are pretty similar between custodians, read the fee schedules carefully as there are sometimes others fees charged that aren't readily discernible.Good luck and happy holidays!
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14 February 2025 | 3 replies
They don't charge an arm and a leg, and my experience with them has been pretty great so far.