After over a decade of doing this, I still don't understand how the debt terms directly affect the Cash on Cash return of a deal. For simplicity, define CAP Rate (:= NOI/Purchase Price) and COC (:= Cash Flow/Total Cas...

When you start investing in real estate how do you go about picking a strategy? Are your end goals the biggest decision maker when deciding wether you want to fix and flip, use BRRR, buy and hold? After deciding you...

I'm being told by everybody that its a scam but I can't figure out the angle...Has anybody ever heard of them or done any business with them?

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Morning all.. so here it is, 9:15am on a Sunday, I’m drywalling the kitchen of a half double I own and am rehabbing. I own the other half also. I waited until 8:45 to start working. My tenant in the other half just te...

I got a call from my tenant yesterday that the bay window in our rental unit has been smashed in by vandalism.  I submitted a claim to Allstate, and the promptly called me to today to let me know that my landlord's po...

Hi there! I have an auto loan of 3% and a remaining balance of $10k. I have around $11k in my savings account and I was thinking of using that to pay off my loan soon.Other than my car and mortgage, I am completely de...

We just completed one of the more important guides for landlords and I thought it important that we make it visible here on the forums. These are both MUST-READS!

Tenant Screening: The Ultimate Guide
At over 5,000+ ...

This came up in another thread and I thought it worth having its own discussion.

What do you think would encourage those people who come and read the site (available to non-members) to sign up and participate?

Ideas...

I am just finishing renovation of a triplex near a college and am beginning to list it and take tenant applications. College students are the most obvious market. Two college students looked at it today, and decided t...

Hi Everyone,I am looking to develop passive real estate investment opportunities, but I am not sure if I completely understand what investors look for when investing in certain passive real estate investments, or real...