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Greetings Everyone,My name is Darin, and I am shaking my head these days. I have been studying, reading, scanning and contemplating this path for the past several years, and always said, I should try and turn several...
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What if you owned rental properties and when you went out to take care of a tenants complaint, you had a great chat with them and they invite you to go do something fun with them that you both enjoy like fishing for e...
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Hi all. I live in San Diego, CA where everything is expensive. I want to start investing in real estate, so I put an offer in on a 1/1 condo that I could afford (awesome location, good size, needs some aesthetic upgra...
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I invest in Houston, Texas. After a few flips and being forced each time to pay the, lets be honest, VERY expensive brokerage fees to gain assess to the local MLS service and for preparation of a few standard (and fr...
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I want to build a real estate investing business. I want to buy and hold, I want to rent I want to do BRRRR’s and I feel like High School is holding me back. I also want to get a job working with GC starting out as a ...
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Whether I'm showing a unit, or at a cocktail party when people ask me what I do, I inevitably get the question "how many units do you own"? To me, this is quite rude and they are basically asking me how much my portfo...
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I'm looking for a little inspiration here. I haven't posted in a while, probably because I haven't been thinking of real estate much lately. I "started out" 5 years ago when I read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad," and dove in. ...
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BP,I live in the San Diego area and I'm looking to invest in cash-flowing rental properties. However, in San Diego, it seems nearly impossible to find a property that will cash-flow without a huge percentage down, and...
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Currently stuck in analysis paralysis on trying to find the right location for a first property, with a willingness to move anywhere in the US. GoalMy objective would be to go with a MFH, 2-4 units, higher would be be...
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We are under contract on a side by side duplex near our hometown in Ohio. We just found out that we are inheriting the sweetest 80 year old tenant who has lived in the place for 20 years. Market rent is $950+. This li...