C. Buzzetta
Can stupid people successfully invest in Real Estate?
I'm an older blue collar working lady. Never went to college and really bad at math. Been working in retail supermarkets since age 16. I just moved to a small town in Missouri. I'm currently unemployed, but I've b...
Steve Funder
United Socialist Peoples Republic of America
I love this. All of Wall Street is getting bailed out by the taxpayer. Why? Because they have “toxic assets.†Since we are abandoning free market principals (government bailing out all so called “capitalist...
Frank Klarich
Is DFW still a viable investor market?
It seemed like only a few years ago that it was a bit simpler to make money in the DFW market, but recently I've been hearing a fair bit of cynicism related to buying and renting single-family homes. Is this true or ...
Ray Lai
Fair estimate for a maintenance cost on a turn-key property
Does anyone have experience with the maintenance cost on a turn-key property bought through American Real Estate Investments? The spreadsheet they sent me for the portfolio of properties uses$312 in annual maintenance...
Ozzy Smith
Who actually buys and sells what they say
So I want to throw something out there to see if it's just me or if anyone else notices the same thing. I see posts all the time where people are hating on wholesalers that tie up a property and then never close beca...
J.Michael Edwards-Toepel
401k, cash, & strategy for beginning to build a rental portfolio
Hey folks!I had some trouble figuring out where this fits, as it's more of a strategic decision I'm hoping to get some other perspectives about. I'm going to just kind of bare all of the thoughts that have been slowly...
Maggie Wray
Data proves REITs are better than buying real estate?
This recent article in Forbes argues that Data proves REITs are better than buying real estate: https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcprosser/2017/07/1...I've been following Bigger Pockets and planning to buy my first rent...
Marcus Auerbach
How do you get top rents for DSCR financed BRRRR properties?
In the last years, the rent amount on a BRRRR property has become the defining factor for the loan amount. It used to be mostly LTV and appraisal, now it's the 1.2 DSCR, so in that way rent is becoming the limiting fa...
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best approach for acquiring rentals
If a new investor has around 300k to begin acquiring rentals, would it be wise to buy the first property ALL cash, and then draw on a LOC from that first property to buy the second ALL cash. Or just begin to purchase...
Brandon Ingegneri
If your going to quit your job or drop out of college, read this
I’ve been reading a ton of posts recently where people have recently quit college or a job, or are thinking about doing so. While I commend people on having the commitment and passion to peruse a different path, but t...