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1 November, 2024
10 Things We Hate About Real Estate Investing

Real estate investing is great…sometimes. Other times, it’s NOT fun to be a real estate investor. While the pros, like financial freedom, generational wealth, and passive income definitely outweigh the cons, there are...

Frankie Woods Using your 401k loan as Reserves
30 April 2018 | 13 replies

I'm struggling with the "where do you put your reserves" debate.  I'm pretty confident that relying on credit cards and lines of credit may not be wise in a black swan event.  In that regard, if you have $50k in a 401...

Penny Peng Preferred equity or common equity in a syndication
13 December 2024 | 10 replies

Hi,I’m starting out to look for investment opportunities in real estate syndications. Some funds offer preferred equity and common equity in the capital stack. What are the pros and cons of each option and in what sce...

Hubert Chen Strategy for offseting passive rental losses for my active flips?
31 July 2023 | 9 replies

I am a full-time flipper. My wife and I just started acquiring rental properties and I want to offset the passive rental loses against my active flip income. I thought I just had to have 750 hours in my real estate pr...

Stephanie Figueros Can an LLC 1031 Exchange into a joint venture with others?
25 August 2021 | 2 replies

Hi all,
I have family members that have an LLC that are looking to 1031 exchange one of their properties. We've been talking about joint venturing on a property together (50/50 or 60/40, however we can make it work)...

Andrew Hunt Portfolio Lender vs. Hard Money Lender
19 July 2016 | 4 replies

Hi guys -Just working on my first three fix and flips right now. All three are looking good :)I used a hard money lender on one project and found them very easy to work with. However, I've also heard that portfolio le...

David Carroll Pros & Cons to Getting a Real Estate/Broker License
23 November 2019 | 7 replies

I was talking about the possibility of getting a real estate/broker license and was bouncing it off of a few folks. I knew this would be a great question for the forum.  I can see both pros and cons, so what have you ...

Dave Kay Are there benefits/downsides to listing a rental on the MLS vs a site like Craigslist or Hotpads?
12 August 2014 | 9 replies

Multi-unit here who recently got real estate license (SoCal). Are there benefits/downsides to listing a rental on the MLS vs a site like Craigslist or Hotpads?Meaning, are there any ups/downs to finding a tenant throu...

Brandon Smith Should I stay away from 55+ communities?
21 April 2019 | 4 replies

Hello, I’m new to the real estate business and I’m just currently focused on learning everything I can (through books, podcasts, forums, etc). Probably won’t buy my first place for another 2 years but figured I could...

Robin Pike Finding Buyers in Raleigh, NC
14 August 2020 | 3 replies

What is the best way to find local buyers? I am trying to get connected so that when I have a deal I can easily notify those who may be interested. I've tried using Propstream but haven't had luck finding buyers that ...