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Hey everyone, I'm curious about hearing other peoples "Why" when becoming real estate investors. I think this would be a great discussion. 3...... 2....... 1....... lets go and leave your comments below. thanks.
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I have $500k in cash liquid. LOSING MONEY AS WE SPEAK lol I am making my real estate plan, and I want to get paid later as if I showed up and worked a job. In California where the prices are high but the appreciation ...
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I am interested in a property. The property is going for $950k and 25% of that would be $237k. We do not have $237k laying around. How do people come up with that amount of money to cover the downpayment? For example ...
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Is it possible to start investing with only $100k in this market? I keep looking at potential BRRRR properties on Zillow and thinking "the numbers just aren't going to work." Most of the wholesalers I know have suspen...
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Almost all of our properties that we are evaluating seem to be good investments. We have only had one investment that was not a good investment in our local market. We are wondering if we are evaluating them correctly...
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Howdy everyone from the Evergreen State (Washington). My name is Richard, I am 55 years old and have a wonderful pain the butt oops I mean wife (lol). I also have a 12 year old going on 20 son and a bigger pain in ...
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I'm going to get a list of about 650 vacant properties and 300 absentee owned, out of state properties skip traced. I'm contemplating doing a ringless voicemail campaign instead of calling each individual number. I wo...
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What is your biggest roadblock right now in real estate investing?What are you doing to overcome it right now?Just trying to get a convo started, have a good weekend everyone.
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Hi Everyone, so 5 months ago I delved into learning about real estate investing. Professionally I've had a successful career as a fundraiser for 501(c)(3) organizations, but I've always known that I wanted to get invo...
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I want to write the title in quotes because it's not like I had much of a strategy to start with. I bought a duplex and a turn-key SFH at a normal price for houses in the area. Both were conventional loans with 25% ...