Paul B.
Is now really the time to buy real estate?
I was talking to a friend about how I think now is a great time to pick up some SFHs and small MFs on the cheap (we're talking about an average of $40K per door), and holding them for current cash flow (rents of 1.5% ...
Patrick Braswell
Seeking a confidence boost
I’m having a difficult day (few days) and am hoping to hear some words of encouragement from the community that will help convince me that real estate investing is a good idea. That I’m not wasting my time looking int...
Daniel C.
Hello from Philadelphia!
Hello all!I'm Daniel. I'm an engineer based in Philadelphia and am new to real estate investing. I just moved to Philly from Salt Lake City this month and am looking to purchase my first real estate investment propert...
Ram Srinivasan
Property Management nightmare Columbus
Hi All:I feel like something is wrong. Terribly Wrong. I bought a duplex is a decent area of Bexley Ohio, and hired a property manager who I thought seemed to be a good fit. I provided a rehabed ready property and han...
Edward A.
Foreclosure prices seem high
Looking for a first FLIP opportunity. I have noticed that foreclosure properties in the Maryland area seem very high for being a foreclosure. Why are houses that require work/more risk priced at or above market valu...
David Weis
Can someone explain HUD and Fannie Mae?
Excuse me if this is not the right forum.
I am in Tampa, Florida. I see a house that SunTrust Mortgage bought at auction in August 2013 for $72,100. The property appraiser's website shows a Certificate of Tit...
Charles Baisden
Reluctant Landlord in Pensacola, FL
Hi everyone!
First of all, let me start off by saying this website is an INCREDIBLE find! I've been reading articles for HOURS already. I feel like I'm reading people's life stories and learning so many things about ...
Madhuri Gupta
My experience with Flipsystem
I joined Flipsystem (FS) about a year ago for the following reasons:1. I had invested in out of state RE in the Midwest before. buy & holds in OH that we ran into several issues with, incompetent PMs and lot of re...
Jerry W.
What effect will the war in the Ukraine hon our economy?
The most significant event in my not so short life was in 1989 when the Berlin Wall was torn down. A country that had been divided for decades by a concrete wall and machine guns simply ceased to exist. People were ...
Bob Asad
Would You Still Buy SFH If It Lost You Money MoM?
Let's say you put 15% down on an investment property (2nd SFH, New Construction) and with property taxes, homeowner's insurance, and PMI the monthly mortgage is $4,300However, in the market (location), most of the ren...