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Hi there. Interested in buying my neighbors home as my first investment property. It’s a highly desirable area and homes sold relatively quickly -pre pandemic. I have not bought an investment property before and am lo...
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Is the ultimate question. How did you know when it was time to stop reading, and just do? I guess there never is a perfect time but what finally made your feet leave the ground?Me personally feel as though I'm not rea...
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Hello BP my name is Kyle and I am possibly maybe could be interested in getting into Real Estate. Currently Live and work in Orange County Ca with a relatively successful career in finance. My only actual background...
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I've seen some threads about paying down student loans vs. investing in real estate. Usually great material; par for the course here. However, I haven't come across one discussing my situation. So I thought I'd start ...
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Hi All! Just purchased my second investment long-term Hold Property. Because it ended up that I couldnt use an FHA due the proximity of a gas station to the house, my parents decided to own the house with me, contrib...
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I'm a former banking lawyer, and former lawyer for the FDIC closed-bank division. I can tell you, from the inside, how banks evaluate short sale offers. Since then, I've successfully negotiated many short sales to buy...
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I'm at North Seattle Community College all day for a Peter Harris, Commercial Property Advisors, boot camp. I have been a student of Dave LIndahl (best $1,000 I ever spent) and was at REAPS listening to Anthony Chara...
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Just wanted to write down my experience of tenant buyout in San Francisco, in the hope of helping those trying to go down that road...
So I have a unit in a 5 unit building in Pacific Height...Building comes up for c...
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I’m going to keep this short because I’m at work. I will either graduate from UT with in MBA or work for a RE company after full time after my first year of college. Depending on whether or not I think it is worth the...
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I have bought 2 SFR in East Palo Alto for around 800K and 900K and have rented both of them. They are both cash positive. This was during last 1 year. What do people think of East Palo Alto in terms of further appreci...