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Mika Manzo Hawaii STR or San Diego LTR?
20 March 2021 | 14 replies

Hello from a new member!  I am trying to make a decision and was hoping to pick some brains from people with experience. We currently live in San Diego and have a LTR that’s doing fairly easy, profiting about $300-400...

Jeremy Beland A Hard Lesson Learned from Our 2022 "Scary House" Flip
16 January 2025 | 16 replies

Back in 2022, we tackled a property we affectionately called the "Scary House," and trust me, it lived up to the name. The home was in rough shape—think mold, a hole in the roof, and years of water damage. The owner, ...

Michael Judd Washington state best region to purchase rental for cash flow
16 September 2020 | 27 replies

I live in western washington and am looking to purchase my first rental property somewhere within the state. What area in Washington should I be looking at? I have $100,000 to put towards 20% down payment and rehab co...

Aaron Gallington 80% LTV Duplex Cash out refi
15 May 2024 | 8 replies

New here on forum, so hopefully this is the right place to post.... My basic question is does this exist?When I purchase my rentals, I have/use a large HELOC that i have on my primary residence to pay for the investme...

Mike Rubin Living in a trailer to pay off student loans
18 June 2014 | 16 replies

Hello All -

I am at a crossroads and wanted to get your opinions…

My situation: I graduated 3 years ago with $65,000 in student loan debt and have since narrowed that down to $35,000. I'm sick and tired...

Ben Kiekel Can SFRs really meet the 2% Rule?
15 July 2013 | 29 replies

Hi everyone,

After doing lots of looking around in and around my area, it seems like getting 2%/month for rent is quite ambitious.

As I understand it, the rule/guideline basically suggests that if you spend $100k on...

Mike Schorah Is rental property investing forever doomed?
21 April 2022 | 51 replies

Rent growth has not kept the pace of home appreciation. - In the largest 588 cities in the U.S., the average (unweighted) cash-on-cash return is -6.5%. - Since the Great Recession 10 years ago, you got a growth rate o...

Sam Slivinski STR - To use property managers or not?
16 October 2021 | 22 replies

Hey guys,My wife and I are getting our single family home ready to be a short term rental. We are in Connecticut and we have contacted Itrip about running the STR. We will be living in the area, so managing it ourselv...

Nate Gelinas Structuring an owner financed deal
21 September 2012 | 18 replies

Hey guys, I have looked around and have been unable to find any in depth books/articles etc on how to go about structuring an owner financed property.

Can anyone point me to a good book or article about this or be wi...

Joe Young Not so hard, hard money
6 July 2020 | 19 replies

We are about 90% complete rebuilding our first rental property after a total loss house fire.  I shoe stringed the rebuild to this point - which will now be our primary residence.  (It is a waterfront home so I had to...