Justin Goodin
“Conservative UW is Dead”
“Conservative underwriting is dead.”
Rob Beardsley brings up a great point. It’s extremely difficult to be an active real estate investor in this market if you are using extremely conservative underwriting technique...
Chris Salvato
Finding Our Market: A Census Data Dive
I am hoping this post will help some others on here who are trying to make decisions on where to invest.My wife and I are looking for the market we want to tackle, and this post will describe our process. Part of our...
Scott Pigman
Realtor gave our lock box code away
So how's this for a shady situation,Yesterday, I'm working from home - a house which we have on the MLS as a rental.Some realtor -- and we're still trying to figure out who exactly she was,1. Did not schedule a showin...
Ben Hughes
Why is it wrong to use more than one RE agent?
So I am just getting more into investing now. Several investors have suggested you contact several RE agents to get them looking for properties for you. Now I've heard from a few RE agents that if agents know if you...
Carlos Ptriawan
Archaic Fed theory
cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...
Keegan Fraker
Duplexes: Buy or Build?
Hello all,Within the next year, I am looking to invest in a multi-family home (duplex) in Wilmington, NC. Ideally, I plan on living in one unit, and renting the other; after 1-2 years living in-unit I would move and r...
Ashley Wolfe
Using 100% Home Depot sub-contractors for a home rehab
Has anyone ever done a full rehab using The Home Depot or Lowe's sub contractors and materials?In my newness to house flipping, I find this method to be more reliable than finding a GC on Craigslist. I don't have an ...
April C.
Do you always use a Real Estate agent for purchases?
We own two STR properties and a commercial property and are looking to buy our fourth property. We found the home we want to purchase, it’s new construction already completed and we know the market and numbers work. W...
Lynn McGeein
Sea Level Rise & New Climate Assessment
Article on key findings of recently released National Climate Assessment:
http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2014/05/12/2national-climate-assessment-key-findings-part-1/
Interesting map on U.S. coastal ...
Reese Thompson
Selling FSBO, Buyer Using Agent
My cousin is trying to sell his house without using an agent (For Sale By Owner, FSBO). He called me a couple days ago saying that he received a verbal offer from buyers using an agent. He was frustrated because his...