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I'm new to the real estate, in the military and just purchased my first home (3bd/2ba/2car garage) with the VA loan on Oahu for a little over 500k and it's estimated rent is $2,400/mo. I understand this is not sustain...
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After reading the Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller, the one concept which I had not previously considered is "the discount you require" as one of the key factors in your buying criteria. I would appre...
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Hello all:Great information and I appreciate the opportunity to learn from your experiences.I am just finishing the renovation on my first property and have a couple of questions:1) Could you describe your logistics ...
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Hello everyone; I live in the Ft. Lauderdale area of South Florida. I'm looking to purchase my first income property, but as many of you know, things are expensive here in South Florida. I own a 2 bed 2 bath condo tha...
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Military men and women - As I get closer to my own retirement I am continuously thinking about how I can make my own transition to a civilian life as easy as possible so I am trying to step up my game to do that. Howe...
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I bought a house in a nice area where I did a lot of research. I found that my rental competition was mostly condominiums and apartments. These were all nice, but I thought there would be many tenants who would p...
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Hi! I'm a newbie. I had two properties that went into foreclosure or short sale 6 years ago during the housing market crash. Up until last weekend I didn't think I can get another property again but due to an unexpect...
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"You dont get a second chance at a first impression" -Anonymous (Presumably, Oscar Wilde...)Being in the military has limited the necessity for research in civilian attire, but now that I am to commit to REI, it has b...
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I am new to rental investing.Currently listed my 1st rental Property on zillow and i am getting a ton of showing request.I donot want all these people to walk through the property due to current Omicron/Covid 19 surge...
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Hi BP community,This forum post needed to be retitled from my first version submitted an hour ago to make more sense.
When I started my RE investing journey back in the mid 2000's, I joined a local RE Investing group...