I'm itching to jump into my first real estate investment for rental property. One type of property that strikes me as a little unusual is something like:~800-1100 sq ft2-3 BR, 1-2 bathSmall lot, maybe a detached garag...

Real estate guys recently had a podcast that was pretty interesting about targeting the retiring baby boomer demographics: http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://tra...The long story short, they have homes, an...

I have done 2 house hacks. They have decent cash flow, but cash flow isn't super important important to me in my investing journey right now. I'd like to build up some equity, but I'm struggling to find value-add prop...

Hey guys , I've been looking for a 4 plex to house hack and had a wholesaler bring me a deal I like- but it's a little weird. It's 2 duplexes right next to each other, great area, 2 different owners, they share a driv...

Excited to connect and have access all the resources that this awesome community has to offer. Long time listener to several of the podcasts and am excited to be taking action towards the future I'd like to build. New...

More than once someone has written something to the effect "I have plenty of cash but no income on my tax return." Usually in the context of trying to get a loan. I do understand deducting expenses, depreciation, an...

HELOC vs cash-out Refinance

I'm helping out a friend whose rental home burned down last week. It was a shared house arrangement - the landlord is an older woman, and she rented out two bedrooms in her home, one to my friend and one to another re...

Below are two charts that show the amount of unsold "improved" properties. I broke them down into 2 charts, total unsold and unsold by property class (SFH, Condo, Townhouse).The month of April had more unsold properti...

This was originally a vacant rental on a corner lot, fronting a busy road on the edge of a desirable infill neighborhood in Charlotte. Since the lot was so long, we were able to rotate the frontage along the corne...