James Bavaro
Open Permit from 2005 - Multi-family Investment
Hey all,
I have an offer accepted for a two-family property that I plan on utilizing as a rental. The property illicit great numbers (ROI, cash flow, sale price, etc.) Just before signing my contract, however, the se...
Naseera Mohamed
Oil tanks
My husband is in the process of buying a house (our first very own ) -a short sale we located, in NJ -seemed a really good deal at 250K in a neighborhood where any house worth buying would be in the mid 300K range....
Dave Versch
Problem making an offer on an REO
Hi. I'm considering making an offer on my first REO. I'm having a contractor come out to take a look and give me an estimate of what it would take to get the CO and make it tenant-ready. If the numbers are reasonab...
Daniel E.
Setting Auction Bid Price: Be greedy or take the easy win?
Wondering how people treat this scenario:- Good looking asset and well maintained exterior- Appreciating area (+$3k-$5k per month in zillow value)- Currently owner-occupied, owner has been 100% unresponsive through FC...
Anthony F.
Pay Off Second Home or Leverage into New Property
Looking for feedback from folks who have been in similar situations and have lessons learned or advice, as I am just getting started and this is literally my first post.Wife and I moved out of our first townhouse and ...
Stephen Masek
Debt, The biggest drug
The Orange County Register ran this article by me on 11/6/2011, and I though you-all might like it.
Debt is the worst drug in America, because it directly harms the most people.
The debt pushers have en...
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Won't be able to get started for a while, but...
Hey everyone. I hope all is well.
I've been reading as much as I can (which isn't as much as I'd like, but school comes first) here on the boards, and I've learned a good bit in that time. I would like to outline my ...
Kevin H.
Starting with large(r) buildings?
I'm not new to owning real estate, but I'm still new to investing in real estate. As such, I don't want to claim that my strategy is set in stone, but I'm currently thinking that I'd like to acquire income producing ...
Paul F.
Helping Parents Sell House (and potentially rehabbing)
Hi all,My parents have asked my brother and me to help them to eventually sell their house, and because my brother and I are still fairly new to the real estate game (the extent of our experience is that we have bough...
Ben M.
Tax increases killing cash flow
It is nice to have the equity from the appreciation we are having but the tax increase is killing my cash flow. I guess when looking at the equity on the back end it is still a win but this is making things a bit tricky