I am terrible at understanding ROI. In my bottom-line thinking, there's either profit or there is not. Assuming I'm using my own funds, I understnd there's ROI when I buy and sell, but how do I figure ROI when I add...
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Newbie here, bought a new residence and plan to offer my older home for rent or lease to own.
House value is around 170K, owe 120K and rent comps are between $1300. It's been completely rehabbed. If I decide to g...
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I'm working two part time jobs (one at a mattress store on the weekends, another for a realtor) plus I'm taking classes this summer in college. I do my best to study real estate in my spare time and my parents tell me...
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Several threads asking about seller financing as the seller, what should you look for or consider as the buyer?
Let's start with a question to the seller, why do you want to be the bank?
Your due diligence about the...
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Hello everyone! Before I start, I'd like to say thanks to the BP crew and the tremendous community you've built here! Honestly, the last 4-weeks on the site has been nothing short of life changing...
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I'm a newbie from CA trying to invest in my first rental property in TX or some other states with healthy RE market (good cash flow and landlord friendly). After doing a lot of research, I heard a lot of different opi...
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Hey everyone,So I am about to close on my fist rentals. It's insane. I completed my first flip, it went through three potential buyers that all ended up with lending issues, and finally is just now selling a year lat...
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How many of you out there use a Credit card for your investing BIZ or personal life? My wife and I don't use them because of the Dave Ramsey movement, but now that we are doing well with money I might consider it? wh...
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Hello,
Which one wins on a 30 year horizon?
When looking at a long term real estate investment (approximately a 30 year rental property hold) that returns 8% annually compared to the stock market that returns an ave...