Stella Xu
Migration patterns for high income earners from urban cities
Hi all - I feel that we're about to see some major migration shifts coming from the expensive urban cities such as NY, Seattle, SF given the new work from home policies that is becoming permanent. It started with the ...
Sterling White
What is stopping you from making your first deal?
Hi Everyone, I am looking for obstacles that are holding investors back from accomplishing their first deal. Leave some comments below and I will do my best to offer insight. -Thanks for your input Sterling.Other expe...
Chatree C.
How do you prepare your investment for the next market crash?
Hi everyone, newbie here. I'm planning to buy my first investment this year. I'm trying to do as much due diligence as possible to protect my investment and assets if the real estate market crashes in the future.For b...
Richard Warren
Money Merge Account?
Has anyone come across the Money Merge Account (MMA), which is being marketed by United First Financial?
The idea is to use a HELOC to prepay your first mortgage by timing additional payments. It is supposed to be be...
Dennis Nikolaev
I woke up with $1.1 million equity and have NO idea what to do.
Thank you for opening my post.I was haphazardly dumping cash in San Diego rental properties since 2006.I don't call it investing, because I had no idea what I was doing. Fortunately, I got in on the upswing of 2012 -2...
Edward Damhuis
Cap rate... I don't understand you.
I know what the definition of a cap rate is but for some reason it's not sinking in. Can someone please elaborate just a tad for me?
Erik Haugen
Ethical dilemma around kicking tenants out
I bought a 8-unit apartment building; the value add is that rents are 20% below market value. My strategy was to buy, let the tenants go, rehab, and raise the rents. We gave notice to all the tenants (who are month-to...
Dan Hertler
Is SFR Cashflow a Myth?
As I build up my SFR portfolio I am starting to ask myself: “Is the idea of SFR cashflow simply a spreadsheet myth?”The common “goal” for SFR investing is $200+/month in cashflow, i.e. cash leftover after PITI and all...
Account Closed
The BIG problem with buying/selling houses in the suburbs!
I'm a 19-year-old college student in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. I recently talked to a doctor who is aspiring to live in Manhattan, New York about real estate.When I asked him about how I wanted to start investing in r...
David Krulac
What things have you found in foreclosed/abandoned houses?
In the thread about the TV show Property Wars, it was brought up about things found in and on foreclosed property.
1. In a recent one there was the last occupant's ashes. I called the relative to come get the ashes...