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Caleb Green Paying off rentals early
30 July 2017 | 43 replies

I just wanted to get opinions on applying the rents you collect every month to the principle loan amount.

I have 2 rentals that are currently rented. The first one I've had for 3 years. I did not escrow the insuranc...

Kai Sato-Franks Dave Ramsey recommends buying everything with cash!
30 April 2024 | 140 replies

Hello, What have you done what do you prefer? What are the pros and cons of both? Have you guys bought real estate (multifamily or single family) in cash and rented them until you saved up for your next investment to...

Tom Goans Lose Your Competitive Edge With Debt
29 June 2013 | 64 replies

Lose Your Competitive Edge With Debt

The more debt you have, the larger the loan on the property, the less competitive you are.

Is your goal to have as little money tied up in an investment property as possible? He ...

Rich Weese I still like new const over rehabbing
13 March 2013 | 88 replies

I've previously posted results of homes built recently compared to rehabbing. Due to our area BOOMING with new buyers, my most recent closing is what I consider a home run. From first shovel to receiving escrow closin...

Don Konipol Why I will no longer answer questions from the unknowledgeable
29 April 2024 | 113 replies

For the last 15 years I have been answering questions from unknowledgeable wanna be investors who watched a guru on YouTube and now wants to know where to get the earnest money to tie up multi million dollar propertie...

Alicia Marks QOTW: What are your "hard pass" items when evaluating real estate
30 June 2022 | 161 replies

Welcome to our Question of the Week! We have a lot of people who are entering the world of real estate investment who could use your wisdom. When evaluating a property, what are your automatic no or exclusion list ite...

Alex Winder Town homes vs single family vs multi family homes in minneapolis
3 February 2017 | 48 replies

Hello fellow REI just asking opinions of members regarding the pluses and minuses for a first rental property. I have been able to save around 25k cash in the bank with no debt to my name and minimal life expenses (li...

Dave Kennedy Profit Margin for rental???
11 June 2007 | 25 replies

I am wondering what is considered a "good" profit margin from a rental?

Its obvious you want to be making profit...the more the better. But is there a bench mark that expereinced and successful investors make? Are we...

Collin Hays VRBO now charging guests 20 percent for a booking
6 June 2024 | 39 replies

Wow, it's getting to where it's VRBO is the one making all of the money.  2 years ago, the service fee was under 10 percent.  If you add in the owner's portion, VRBO is carving off 30 percent or more per reservation. ...

Ben Parr Self-Insuring Rental Properties
20 March 2023 | 45 replies

Has anyone ever looked at self-insuring wholly owned rental properties rather than paying an insurance company?

I've been toying with this idea for a while. Obviously it only makes sense after reaching enough...