Elena Z.
First life insurance - which ones have the best reputation in CA
Hello,I am looking to purchase life insurance for the first time in my life. From my law school classes I vaguely remember that whole life insurance is the bad one and term life insurance is the good one hahaha. I ne...
Braden Downs
Why I wish we hadn't purchased our first home
I vividly remember looking out of my bedroom window at the gleaming Devon tower in downtown Oklahoma City. We had just finished moving in and my wife and I were still caught up in the glam of living downtown. Our 725 ...
Benjamin Cowles
How to use TIC's and options?
Suppose I find a house for a friend to buy and I purchase an option on it for ex. say 90% FMV less minor rehab at most and resell option to friend for say 10% plus I'd be funding it for him until I sell his house for ...
Tony Norella
Home converted to rental sale
We are thinking about selling a home we own. We lived it for 5 years and because we were under water on it, we couldn't sell it so we rented it out and bought another home. We have rented it for 5 years now. Is any...
Trent Reeve
Email templates or examples
Newbie here, about to go live with our first STR. is there a site with some email templates/examples? Initial communications, day of arrival, post stay message, etc?
Jon Schwartz
Most important criteria for selecting a market?
Hi all,At the risk of having analysis paralysis, I've been having a lot of fun culling US Census data from the past 10-15 years and assessing markets by the hard numbers.I'm about to do a big data pull (which is time-...
Connor Williams
What would you do?
What would be the first thing you would do if you had about 40k cash to start investing? I currently have about 20k in a business account and have a partner that wants to put in 20k. My father owns a contracting bus...
Bob Collett
Vacant property theft of hot water tank - alarm system
About a month ago, there was a break-in at a property I manage in Cleveland Heights near the East Cleveland border. The owner was interested in selling the property, so he gave the listing to a real estate agent. The ...
Christopher Perez
50% of Loan Requests get Turned Down Due to Improper Packaging
Preparing Loan Requests That Get Funded Lenders are driven by many factors; one of them is self-preservation. Simply put, no lender wants to make a deal that goes “upside down” Therefore, a would-be borrower, wants to...
Marci Stein
Ethical dilemma with agent
Working with an agent for almost 6 months who is 3 hours away in MA. He sent me a listing for multi unit which didn't look appealing so I passed on it . It's too far away for me to see every house. Now, a month later...