John Holcombe
New to site/part-time investor
I am new to this site. I invest part-time, while working as a school psychologist in the education field. The job allows some time to focus on investing. I am looking to buy & hold. My primary interest is
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Bryan Hancock
Proper Accounting For Return on Time Versus Return on Capital
I was wondering if anyone cared to share how they segregate fee centers and time-based income from return on capital for their projects. In other words, if you take fees do you break this down to dollars per hour inv...
Clinton Omiwade
Fixing and Flipping Sellers Home Without Owning The Property
My partner and i have a possible deal , we are newbies , so feedback would be greatly appreciated . We found a property while driving for dollars and uncovered that this said property was debilitated ,vacant and compl...
Account Closed
Networking with Realtors
Hello,
I am a real estate investor just getting started. I recently read a book that focused on working with Realtors in the area of lease-purchase deals. The idea is that I as the investor would contact Realtors, an...
Joel Barjon
Concern about Bigger Pockets calculator.
Question: how do they calculate cashflow? I believe cashflow is the NOI minus mortgage. Please tell me if I am wrong. I was trying to make an offer on a duplex just to see how much cashflow it will generate. The cashf...
Alex Huang
How to Utilize the "Blue Dots" on ZIllow?
I'm looking for a better understanding or strategy with regards to the 'blue dots' ('Potential Listings') on Zillow searches.Oftentimes they indicate pre-foreclosure properties, but they aren't yet available on the ma...
Michael Kagan
Bay Area Market State of Affairs
What would you say to a new investor who wanted to make his first deal in San Francisco in the current market? Woah, pump the breaks! Or- go for it, while it's cold season and you can leverage the lower demand. And be...
Gregory Calabrese
Appraisal came in low
In contract for Quadplex at $250k. Buy and Hold. Net $1100 monthly. Asked Seller to lower price to appraisal of $244k...Waiting for answer? Should I walk if counteroffer is not met? Any thoughts?
Nick Arenaso
Any benefits to buying a primary residence house cash then refi?
This is for my personal residence - not an investment property.My new home will cost 750K. I am able to comfortably put 550K down, then stretch to pay the rest by dipping into savings/stock investments.Is there any s...
Andrew Daniel
Owner Finance wants me to buy them, need some advice
Hello,
I need some advice on what to do here. I have a multi-family unit that I have a owner finance deal on. Here are the details:
Note is around [email protected] interest for 15 years. Payments are 517/month. I'm on payme...