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I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
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Hi guys,I would like to ask about your opinions and views about the following strategy.Let us assume that I am a high income individual with full time job and I want to invest in Manhattan where prices are just ridicu...
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We know that HCOL cities have high rent, high property taxes, and high prices for everything. This year, my Slack acquaintance couple purchased a $2.6 million 3bedroom condo apartment in Greenwich Village, Manhattan w...
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Hey guys!Not sure if right forum to post but I thought this was most appropriate one. I was curious to hear how people's investing has effected family/friendships/relationships, if at all? I notice as I'm getting more...
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I just thought I would post this.
Wholesaling for many seems a way to get started with no funds but this simple isn't true.
I was doing small talk today with another commercial listing broker about a ...
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I invested in Norada Capital Management and was coming here to connect with others who have invested. Did not receive my payment from Norada this month (June) and just received the following notification in my email....
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I recently inherited a big chunk of change. I'd rather not disclose the full amount but I do pretty well in my day job (software sales), and it's about 8x the most I've made in a year. For now a sizable portion of it ...