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I purchased rental property in an up and coming area in Buffalo using the BRRR strategy. However, when I went to refinance the property would only yield me a 5K return. I'm not getting back my initial investment. I ha...
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Hello,
I'm in a pickle... I am a divorced father who hasn't seen his twin four year old boys for a year after their mother took them to live with her parents in Pennsylvania. That's a whole other story, so ...
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There's a neighborhood in my city that the local and regional players have been trying to push as the next "hot spot" for artists and young professionals for a few years. It looks like they're finally getting some tra...
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We buy seller financed notes so each year we track the stats. We saw a 15.9% increase in the dollar volume ($23.5 billion to $27.3 billion) and a 7% increase by count in 2021. The increase in the dollar volume would ...
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I live in the Phoenix area and I've been looking for a 2-4 unit property here with the intentions of buying it through FHA and living in it for a year or two and then moving out.I'm running in to a number of problems:...
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The following neighborhoods: West price hill, East Price hill, Covedale, North College Hill, College Hill, Westwood & Colerain.What has been others experiences investing in these neighborhoods? Which area has the ...
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Did anyone buy a foreclosure back in 2008... what was your experience like? What worked and what didn’t? What was competition like? How long did buying/closing process take? Would love to pick your brain if you’re...
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Just a thought of a new question to ask guests is to ask what their opinion of the economy and RE market. It's an unscientific way of reading the market and trying the forecast but it's interesting to hear a viewpoint...
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Where is good to buy, renovate & hold a 2-4 unit building? I'd consider anything within about an hour drive of Palatine IL (or 1-1/2 hours in the case of Milwaukee if it's a really great deal) There doesn't seem...
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I’ve always been a strong believer in diversification, or in other words, not putting all of your eggs in one basket. Typically, when we want to learn about how to diversify our assets, the information provided throug...