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I'm in Canada. Cheapest places in the city I live in go for about 170k, and you couldn't get them for much lower than that (no distressed housing of any sort). Now, what you get for that 170k isn't much (an old tow...
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Economic Update(Monday, February 1, 2021)
I’m starting to really like these Executive Orders. Consider this; in less than eleven days, President Biden issued over 50 Executive Orders, including; rejoining the Worl...
I'm looking at a company called Safeguard Advisors who deal in self directed ira's and other investment. I would like to know if anyone has used these guys. If not can anyone offer advised on where to go to open a ...
Hi everyone,I am looking at some turnkey providers and would like to know about you guys' personal experiences. They do have a big inventory and they do provide a vast variety of properties. They do charge markups on ...
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Hello so an interesting subject always in my head is should I rent to section 8 or some other form of government housing? I know its a guaranteed rental income, but it is worth the hoops you have to jump through can s...
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My partner and I have been talking about becoming landlords for well over a year now. It was always sort of an “idea” in the back of our minds but then sometime in April we became really serious about it. We started l...
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Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...
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Have any ideas of what I can provide residents of a large class C apt community? I'd like to give them something nice and unexpected. Some parameters I'd like to stay within: - no rent concessions- ideally very inexpe...
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I think there is a pretty easy way to lower prices of housing to some extent.. And that is to do away with Mortgage Broker and have all home loans orignated by the direct lender/ Banks..
I personally bought a home i...