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If you look over the Best Real Estate Books blog post by @Brandon Turner you will see Rich Dad, Poor Dad as one of the best business books for real estate entrepreneurs. I will admit, I found it to be one of the best ...
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I am trying to set a 5-years goal and define a milestone for each year. My ultimate goal is to increase the cash flow. I mean, if I start with a property, let's say a single family, costs 0.7 X and I do a minor rehab ...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $95,000
Cash invested: $15,000
After hitting many bumps along the road, we landed our first investment property, ou...
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We use MINT.com, which is nice.According to MINT, what is largely dragging our credit score down (it's a 758) is credit utilization.That's a few credit cards here and there but predominantly our HELOC is 60% utilized ...
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This is my first question of many. As I have just started to look into real estate investing. It seems that a turnkey provider might be a good place to start. I have come across a few horror stories. So I know tha...
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Hello I have never bought a house before, but am looking to take action and get started in REI. Currently I am working on saving capital, gaining knowledge, laying some groundwork, and assembling a team. So the proces...
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I have been looking everywhere for an excel template for keeping track of my expenses, income, and reflecting monthly cash-flow for my SFR investment but have not found anything that suits what I'm looking for, so I d...
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How is it possible for the Agent to make money off a short sale? I am very confused.
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Hello all, I'm a somewhat seasoned buy and hold landlord/investor and understand (sometimes follow) the BRRRR strategy.I'm currently an employee with a W2 which has of course been instrumental over the years in helpin...
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I've been browsing for a while to try to figure out what are typical down payment and interest rates for loans as you increase the number of loans in your portfolio and I still can't get a good grasp on it. These lim...