So I'm in Wally World minding my business and a guy comes up and down the aisle giving out business cards! Lo and behold he's a remodeling contractor! Don't know if it's a sign from God or not, but I have been looking...
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Howdy! This might not be the proper location for my question but the people I look up to most tread this section. I recently read in Malcolm Gladwell's book "The Tipping Point" (pg72) that "what separates a great sal...
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Tim asked in another thread that I start a new thread on this topic, and while I don't see much value in discussion religion on an Internet forum, I'll at least continue this discussion from the other thread with a re...
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I get asked about the BRRRR strategy all of the time and honestly don’t know if anyone that’s done it in my market where the property cash flows afterwards. It sounds great. Keep using the same money over and over. It...
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Hey all, I am relatively new to the group. I am very impressed with the experienced professionals here and am glad that I stumbled upon this site. I am a seasoned real estate attorney and enjoy not only practicing la...
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Well, Minneapolis and Saint Paul decided last night that 99% of Nobel winning economists just don’t know economics as well as they do and decided to adopt rent control and save the cities. A 3% maximum rent increase e...
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I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...
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I haven't bought a standalone rental since 2015. Since 2017, I started investing exclusively passively in real estate syndications - in over 15 opportunities at the moment.So far, the two than have fully exited have r...
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This is a monologue, but I'm interested to see reactions. I've been mulling over a number of high level things, and think that economic reality in 2022 is very different than people (media, left, right, etc.) perceive...
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Hello- I am based in Southern CA and there are limited options for getting a good deal here. Curuous where everyone is investing? cities/neighborhoods? and STR and LTR and why? I have one investment property that was ...