Hello, i am new to real estate looking to get into wholesaling. My biggest hangup with this model is that it seems almost all the “gurus” teach to lie to homeowners and say that I am going to buy the property which is...
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So our first BRRRR property was moving along great. We paid cash and renovated and received a great appraisal. Lender said my retirement account would count as reserves (since we would spend most of our liquid cash on...
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This topic is just in regard to California residents with properties *outside* of California. Assume a California resident sets up an out-of-state trust, which in turn is the only member (and manager) of an out-of-sta...
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As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...
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I'm reading Dave Van Horn's articleMaybe You Shouldn’t Start an Entity. Consider 4 Alternative Asset Protection Strategies Instead.And it got me curious. Almost everyone suggest getting an umbrella policy since it's r...
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We bought a home in one of the nicer zip codes in our city, in the top school district at what we thought was a deal. We put a significant amount of money into the house and have received excellent feedback on the ren...
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Does anyone have experience with using her foreclosure lists? How about the 3 day lab or the coaching they offer?
I really like her approach of ethical investing. She has over 1200 testimonials from satisfied invest...
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Have you been scammed into worthless Rich Dad Education advanced courses in Houston? I was scammed by Gregory Downing and have been in a two year process to recover funds with my attorney. This is will all come to a...
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New investor here!Considering purchasing a home that has reasonable HOA dues each month for our first rental property investment, but have heard horror stories of HOAs deciding to not allow rentals, stop investments i...
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Hello,I purchased a vacant old nursing home that is in a low income area of the Dallas / Fort Worth area. The place has 30+ Rooms and is over 15,000 square feet. I was going to convert this 1950's building to an assi...