Aspiring real-estate mogul, and self-made millionaire, my story:At age 27, I bought my first home in Seattle on Feb 2012 at the beginning of the real estate rebound from ‘08. Put 3% down on a beautiful 3 bed 2.5 bath ...
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Hello all,
New to the forums. I have the opportunity to purchase a home via private financing. Terms: Downpayment - 20% Interest - appx 5% Time - 20 yr
The person providing the financing is allow...
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Hello all. I will be relocating to Portland in April, and would like to start my real estate investment portfolio. The more research I do, the more questions arise. I'd like to introduce myself and tap into your kn...
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Many are very excited by the historically low gas prices here in okc. I have not seen these prices in many many years. While it is great for our pocketbook right now it will most likely be very painful in the coming...
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I'm totally new to Real Estate Investing. But after reading so many times that $100 a month profit is the goal, I'm left wondering how can this be good? By my estimation I'd need 40-50 houses to make a decent living...
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I'm trying to take the approach of having my money work for me instead of the other way around. The struggle, however, is balancing what looks good on paper with what I want to do; being disciplined and careful, but n...
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After looking in San Francisco, the East Bay, South of San Francisco, and the North Bay, I decided to invest in the North Bay because the housing prices were still reasonable. Perhaps this is slipping away as well: I...
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I'm sure this question has been asked many times on the forums, but I'm curious what market people think is the best market to build and buy and hold portfolio in?As a bit of background on myself, I am from long islan...
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My story : I'm 30. Fully vested with $55,000 in my 401 K . My primary mortgage has a balance of $35,000 left of my original $182,000 loan I got 5 years ago.I made a lot the past few years during the down economy and w...
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I have been selling real estate for around 5 years now and always wondered if I work too much. My family is about to grow by one here in a few days (first child) and I wonder if there is any real benefit to being a re...