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I'm not a negative person. But, my latest encounter with a specific wholesaling operation in DFW has once again left me with a nasty taste in my mouth. It's bad enough I have wholesalers marketing "deals" to me that...
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Hello everyone,
just starting out in real estate investing and this site which has been a great read by the way.. so I almost fell for the bus tour 30k event in sunny California when I went to Armando's 3 day...
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I’m a 21-year active duty military guy who started renting my home after being transferred out-of-state. The home is in Anchorage, Alaska and I live in Atlanta. In 2014, I began doing short term rentals from May-Augus...
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Have any of you had a tenant demanding information about the owner (when you are the property manager)? I assume because they think they can get what they want if they can harass the owner too. How do you handle tha...
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At my local REIA meeting, there was a sentiment from the more veteran players (particularly the mortgage brokers) that Fannie MAE/MAC will change mortgage allowance from 4 to 8 soon to help relief the number of forecl...
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I know many of the posts focus on the forums focus on max leverage for scalability and I get that and to a degree (especially in the beginning) agree that leverage can be great.I am curious who in here is buying with ...
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So I currently have 65 long term units that I own and I recently purchased my first property that I'll be going the STR route with.Basically, I just bought a large (4300 square feet) cabin on Lake Superior that is ess...
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Hi everyone!After a lot of learning & reading I've made my first offer on a 4 family building in Brooklyn, here are the numbers:Price: 1.28M (FHA 3.5% downpayment = 44.8k, closing costs = 32k -> total money dow...
Hey Everyone, It's no secret that Americans owe over $1 trillion in student loan debt, spreading out over millions of borrows. I'm curious to hear how other successful real estate investors who were once faced with th...
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Hello all, Just starting out and I've read so many books and still haven't found the right path/advice. I have 25K cash and have been told several 'must do' with. 1) Immediately put in your saving account 2) Put it in...