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It all sounds so perfect: you can buy a house for cheap, have someone else fix it up for you and then rent it out for great cash flow. You run the numbers (on a BP calculator, they are really good BTW), you read the f...
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Happy New Year!
I am from Houston Metro and have been investing in out of state (OOS, or remote) for about 9 years. I own rental properties in five US states (UT, ID, CA, FL, TX). I started investing in 2012 and inv...
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Hello I starting a new passion in life in real estate and I was told that starting tax lien properties is a great way to create cash flow. I wanted to know what would be the first step for going in this direction
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I hear a lot about newbies wanting to be mentored and I myself stumbled across an investor who is interested in mentoring me, but my question is why? Besides the goodness of their hearts, why do investors (who must b...
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Hey Guys!! I was wondering if anyone has triedZillow’s for sale by owner? I’m wrapping up My flip and I’m thinking aboutListing it sale by owner. Paying a 2.5%-3%To buyers agent. Only because the inventoryIs low and P...
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There have been many discussions about this being a sellers market, and prices are high.In my market (between Chicago and Milwaukee), prices are high, but many of the properties still would cash flow well.When I run t...
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Hello!I will start by saying that my goal is to have enough cash flow to support my family if I didn't have a job. To do this, I obviously want to purchase more properties, but also make the correct investments in m...
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Hi Everybody!I am moving to SA in a few months and as I do more and more research I have noticed that many of the wholesale deals and some of the properties listed on the MLS mention foundation issues. Is this very c...