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About me: 47, family, did well in my small-business life for 20+ years, up until about 2019...grrrrrr. Luckily have a decent nest egg, barring major depression scenarios, I think I'll be 'ok' with a a few lifestyle cu...
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If you are an individual you can owner finance one deal per year, If you are married your wife can likewise owner finance one deal per year. If you are a trust you can do one deal per year. If you are an LLC or some o...
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I really do not want to raise the rent, but am I being smart about this or just being a naïve newbie landlord? I am a newbie at real estate, landlording and property management (going to be 1 year on May 4th 2016). ...
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I have signed up with several wholesalers. Quite often, wholesaler A sends me a property and a few days later, wholesaler B sends me the same property but with a slightly increased price (including his fee). Wholesale...
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I had to fire my GC on my flip. With him went his "custom cabinet maker". So I am left with finishing the cabinets that are half way installed. I have never done custom cabinets before. So I have a few questions:1) Th...
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Interesting situation: have 3 rooms rented on the 2nd floor of a jersey city 2 family house, tenants started attacking me the landlord after 1-2 months of living in apt, claiming its a rooming house etc, withholding r...
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In Q1 of 2015, $55 billion of outflows from equities according to this article. People are running for the hills - I believe it! A lot of this money is finding its' way into RE. Multifamily is overheated as all get-u...
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Im in Texas, but this pertains to any state. Is it necessary to use the real estate contract that the state provides or can you make up your own contract?
As long as both parties agree to and sign a contract, then...
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Let’s face it, for those of us in the business we knew a correction was coming. This hard this fast was beyond the prediction of most if not all of us. We knew the party had to end one day but, the awakening was rude ...
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I’m working on a portfolio that’s a mix of buy & hold and fix & flip in Houston- I’m considering getting my own real estate agent license to increase my knowledge of and access to what my agent has been doing ...