Ned Carey
The 2% rule is the most brilliant ever
The 2% rule TEST is a quick screening tool for rentals. It says:"The monthly rent should be about 2% of the purchase price for a rental to be a good cash flowing rental"I really don't know when People here started us...
Alex T.
Flipping a foreclosed house in New Jersey (Detailed)
Hi, I'm a first time house flipper and just bought my first foreclosed property for 108k. The comps in the area are anywhere between 200-220k. Ive been meeting with contractors everyday, but don't really know whats a ...
Alex Johnson
$30k to play with, looking for cashflow. Where do you go?
Subject pretty much covers it. I've picked up a few rentals in Denver in the past 2 years but I bought them as primaries, moved in, then moved onto the next one. Now I'm in a primary that I'm not going to leave for a ...
Jared Garfield
If I Were Starting Today: This Is What I Would Do Differently!
As a kid I spent a lot of time in my Grandfather's real estate office on Center Street in Provo, UT. Part of that may have been the old time Coke machine that offered chilled bottles of Fanta Red Cream Soda, and a t....
Colter DeVries
What would you need if you are offered to invest in a syndicated ranch?
Due to high capital requirements, high management costs, and (nominally) "low annual yield" (unadjusted for systematic risk), Ranch Investor seeks to democratize passive ranchland-investing through tech-enabled syndic...
David Zheng
Craziest Thing You've Ever Found in a Property
I'm about to go into a hoarder/mismanaged potential apartment building and am prepping for the worst, so it got me thinking. whats the most disgusting/craziest/expensive thing you've ever found in a prospective or ren...
Matthew Irish-Jones
Why your BRRR is going to lose money
Top ten reasons you will lose money on your first BRRRR. This list has been pulled directly from the school of hard knocksGenerally speaking and based on NY building code1. You think the cheapest house has the most m...
David Lee
Has this happen to you?
I from NC and the last week has been pretty cold around here. On Monday it was colder here then it has been in over 100 years. I had one of my renters call me and say that they had a water pipe to burst but that th...
Jon P.
Lead Paint: What is the End Game?
Massachusetts needs an end game for its Lead Law. Officially, “the Lead Law requires the removal or covering of lead paint hazards in homes built before 1978 where any children under six live.”The law, as is true of ...
Emily Dixon
first brand new home construction, personally
yes, I have worked in home building for many many years(AT A DESK HEHEHEHE). I know the drill. I have a mean schedule and an awesome labor force.
But I can't help being very excited to be finally building my first hou...