Torrean Edwards
Stepping out on faith, but looking for support/advice
Early in my investing career, I had some success, but then the crash happened. It took more than a decade but I am excited (and terrified) to re-enter the fray.After dipping my toes into the market, I have battled aga...
Caroline Hedin
Auction.com Occupied SFR - Tacoma, WA - Buy & Hold
Recently my husband and I jumped head first in to being REI's and landlords. We've been looking for a couple of years for something to invest in, but he's not a fan of properties which need significant work and we hav...
Raj Parwani
Flipping property: max purchase price
I am going to look at a property over the Thanksgiving weekend. I have not seen the property except in the pictures and it seems that it will require about 70 to 80K in rehab costs. The property is listed for 300K and...
Stephen Gallagher
Home Inspectors Report of finding on Residential Electric
Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...
Brent Causey
First Flip - before and after - with numbers - Louisiana
Hey everybody! I purchased my first flip house back in August of 2016. I held this house way longer than I anticipated due to a full time job, other side businesses, and life being really busy! I contracted out 75% of...
Derek T.
New Personal Best on Buy, Full Rehab, Sell- 3 months 1 week
Guys I just set my personal best (with a lot of help from my good friend Ophelia Nicholson) on a buy, rehab and sell. I bought this 4/2.5 sfh on 12/17/14 did a complete rehab on it and sold it on 3/24/15. Just excit...
Joshua Herald
My first flip paid off my student loans!!!
It was 2014. I had followed a girl from Columbus Ohio to Cincinnati. We were living together for a while when be both slowly realized that maybe cohabitation was not for us. So I began looking for rooms to rent.. I wa...
Pat Arneson
Anxiety Over Rehab Costs
I’m looking for someone to help ease my thoughts… California Bay AreaI have everything ready to go for my first flip… financing, financial spreadsheets, acquisition and disposition playbook, design criteria, etc. I ha...
Boris Mordkovich
How Much Does It Truly Cost to Furnish a New Airbnb
After furnishing quite a few properties for short-term rentals, we generally have a pretty good sense of how much to budget for furnishing whenever we’re putting together a budget for new properties. Being able to bud...
Christopher Smith
IRC 179 Question (as modified by the TCJA)
I've been exploring the discussions addressing IRC 199A and the IRC 162 requirement that must be met in order to obtain the new tax benefit under 199A. During that process, I came across the item below which appears t...