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I wanted to see what top 10 cities and towns would be good to acquire rental property in? Good as in terms of acquiring for a first time buyer/ beginner investor, and if the property the area is in can appreciate over...
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rules rules rules.The good old "rent should be a minimum of 1% of the property value to make ends meet" is failing currently. With housing prices in the DFW area rising rapidly there is no way the existing market cou...
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I've committed to buying my first investment property in the US by end of this year. I just purchased a condo in Singapore which is my primary residence but I hope will also be a rental property in the future, but am...
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Who saw the latest declining rent rankings?https://zillow.mediaroom.com/2018-10-18-Rents-Decl...Austin is listed as down 1.6% y-o-y. What have y'all seen? I will tell you that I've seen SFH in good school districts ...
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Hi BP! I recently just closed on my first 3 turnkey homes with Rent To Retirement after being referred to them from a colleague of mine who had invested with them for a few years now. I thought I would start a forum...
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There is a lot of discussion about how to approach appreciation in RE investing, but say you got lucky. Then what?My specific situation is that I have a property that I purchased for $300K, is now worth $600K, and sti...
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We are in the market to buy and hold and plan to put down 25%.We have a seasonal real estate agent working with us, who is also a friend. Rent in the areas we are interested in is about $1300 – $1550 for a 2 bds/1 ba...
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I notice that it's a mixed bag when it comes to management on here. Half prefer to manage all their properties themselves and the other half won't touch a property without a manager/management company. Why is this suc...
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Hey all!I wanted to get this conversation started to see if any investors out there are currently sandwich leasing properties for the main purpose of subletting through Airbnb. I came across a landlord who is looking ...