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I'm a pretty conservative long term buy and hold rental investor focused on cash flow. My thought process thus far has been to buy safe and smart so a good looking property I buy now isn't easily put into the red once...
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I have been renting my houses for 3 years.
But this is the first time I had to evict my tenant.
He is been late for 3 months.After the first month I called and he said he had had financial problems ,but he will pay m...
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After two years of educating myself on the pros and cons of real estate investing I'm three weeks away from my first closing date (February 12th). I live and work in New Jersey but chose to invest in a single family r...
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I want to buy a duplex but went to use a 15 year mortgage but it's hard to cash flow with a 15 year mortgage. Should I just be ok with the equity growth?
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Hey BP,
I'm a new agent wanting to figure out everything I need to do to start off right and have a successful first year. So far, my brokerage has me working on gathering my database of every friend/family member/ac...
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I'm gearing up to take the next steps in my REI journey. Currently have 5 properties (2 LTR and 3 STR) with waaaaay too much equity in them. All are paid off but one, and that has a LTV of about 20/80. I'm looking at ...
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Earlier today drove by an 8 unit building that's for sale I don't know any specs to it as im very new to the business and I only just saw it today. I was wondering would it be wise to check the place out as potentiall...
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Hello. I'm Derrek Lawson from Columbia, Maryland. I'm 44 years old veteran, new to real estate investing. Nothing purchased yet. I might be 12-18 months away from making a purchase. However, I have some general real e...
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hello Everyone I'm Mike and I'm a newbie wholesaler.I haven't wholesaled anything yet but I'm optimistic!! I have recently just sent off my hand written letters in the mail to absentee owners who had primary residence...
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I'm 19 years old and have decided I want to start real estate investing. I want to know what I should start to study and read so I can be as prepared as possible for this career. I look over the forums but it's all ki...