Matthew Konkel
Investing in College Towns
Hey everyone, I was looking into buying a duplex or single family home in a small college town of about 20,000 people and the school size is about 30,000. During the summer 90% of the university students leave, not su...
Faith Hill
Is Self-Storage a Recession Proof Investment?
For those who have investments in self-storage or other real estate categories touted as "recession proof," how are your investments performing right now?One of the things that attracted my husband and I to invest in ...
Johnny McKeon
Seller financing on 6 unit apartment in PHX East Valley
Hey 👋 guys, I'm currently under contract on a 6-unit apartment building in the East Valley of the Phoenix MSA and the seller's are willing to carry the debt with 18% down at 6% interest only for 12 months. This is a ...
Alejandro Romero
House hacking in San Diego single family
I live in San Diego and I’m having trouble convincing myself that multifamily is a good investment here in San Diego. For example I saw a single family home in Otay Ranch that is a 3 bedroom 3 bathroom house for 515,0...
Joe Fairless
Should You Go Big in One Market or Diversify Across Many?
I recently closed on an apt community which puts my company controlling $190,000,000+ worth of apartment communities. We have 11of them and…11 out of 11 are in Texas. In fact, 9 out of 11 are in Dallas Fort Worth (DFW...
Scott Trench
Does Getting Up Early Have Anything to Do with Your Success?
Wondering what actual real estate investors have to say about this subject. I don't get up early (wake up between 7:00 - 8:00 most days, 9:00AM + on the weekends). I feel that I am having moderate-high success thus fa...
Ron Brady
Remote Appraisals of Homes Could Reduce Racial Bias
In today's New York Times: Remote Appraisals of Homes Could Reduce Racial Bias - The New York Times (nytimes.com)My initial take is that this is a sound move by Fannie and Freddie to address a real issue. If it helps...
Pablo Hernandez
Refinance or Sell? Relocating to LA from Nashville
My gf and I are in the process of moving to Los Angeles and currently own 2 properties in Nashville that cash flow about $500/mo (total after all is said and done). I bought the first one knowing nothing about REI usi...
Agustin Conti
Old Cast Iron Pipes Broken
Hi Everyone,
I am not sure if this would be the right Forum for my issue. I have tenants in a single family home in Hollywood, FL. and there are 2 damaged pipes. The house is from 1969 and the pipes are very old. I ...
Linden Hausmann
Deal Analysis Help, Always calculating negative cash flow
I've been doing a lot of deal analysis and keep running into negative cash flow unless I cut my purchase price by at least 40%. Is this why everyone talks about needing to find off-market deals to get a price that goo...