Gregory Greene
Debt to Income Ratio, and using multi families to better quality.
Hello, I recently listened to a discussion regarding DTI ratios, and I did some analyzing. I noticed that I may have a hard time financing property because of my student loans, and car note. I have 2 years left on my ...
Jacques Laplante
Newbie investor want to learn more
Hey I’m a newbie investor or should I say aspiring newbie investor and I kind of wanted to know what I could do to enhance my knowledge on real estate investing.
Hannah Noble
Resources for Mortgage Pre-Approvals
My name is Hannah and I am a newbie in the REI world. I am wanting to start with a house hack and live in the Orange County area. I am trying to get a good idea of what I should plan to save for, what I could afford w...
Johnny Franco
Help! I can't find rental property with positive cash flow
Hello All,I'm looking to buying my first rental property in the Montréal canada region, but I'm unable to find any that generate a monthly cash flow. Im going with 20% down and 20 year mortgage. All the numbers from...
Jason Kang
High Level Estimation of Rehab Costs
Hey all,
Does anyone have any tools/guides/know-hows for when looking at pictures of a property and ball-parking estimates for how much something will cost? ie taking a look at a room and saying "this needs new floor...
Alex Ng
Resources to research
Hey! I'm a new investor looking to buy my first property. What are some good resources to use when researching? How do I find which markets are profitable and growing? Where can I find all the data to input in a calcu...
Chris Turek
All in one mortgage on investment property questions
I recently heard about an all in one mortgage. I wish I knew about this early, it sounds like it wold have saved me thousands over the last couple years. First, I would love to hear any all comments or advice in gen...
Joe Si
Same account for security deposit and rent deposit
WA state requires the security deposit account separate from your other bank accounts. As a new rental property owner, I'll create a new account for security deposit. Wondering though if I can use the same account to ...
Rad Kunnath
Investing with After-tax or Pre-Tax Dollars ?
Dear All,Of late, I was thinking should I convert my Solo 401K trust(Pre-tax) to Roth IRA (Post-tax : 25%) and then use that money to invest in real estate. I did some basic calculations and found that I tend to gain ...
Lisa Rechsteiner
Calculating Percentages for expenses
Hi guys we just received our for rent payment! As I am accounting for vacancy, capital expenditures and repairs, I have read to use around 5% for each.I am not sure where the 5% comes from. Is it 5% of the rent?