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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...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...