Let's say I purchase.  house hack with an FHA loan, would the closing cost still be roughly 4% of the whole property? Would I be responsible for covering the whole closing cost? How do closing costs work? Any advice w...

After managing many properties in my state of Maryland over the years I have seen the law of averages even out over time when it comes to expenses in various asset classes so Im posting this to give people some genera...

Hey, so I am brand new and have never even contacted a seller before to purchase a house. I was wondering if there was a specific strategy that best fits people just starting, like me. Is it better to buy a recently f...

I have a direct mail campaign out now that is garnering me some fine results, especially for it being the first touch to this group.

I have a few leads that I will be meeting with this week and I just want your opin...

We have our first rental property in Indianapolis under contract and I've received a couple quotes for homeowner's insurance, 1 was nearly double the other. I was hoping there was a standard amount of coverage/deducti...

When considering the risks of real estate investing it's important to be conservative about your analysis numbers. That being said if you're too conservative, then most "good deals" will become unappealing. Therefore ...

Whether you are investing to Fix & Flip or Buy & Hold the questions are many: What is the closing percentage? What is the Loan Annual Interest Rate? What are the monthly utilities costs? What are the anticipat...

What lenders are offering HELOCs in Texas?

Hey guys (and gals of course), first I have to say what a great wealth of information there is here on this site. Compliments to the folks that put this all together. I've only begun to scratch the surface and already...

I am wondering if any of you would share the numbers YOU use for estimating repairs, vacancy, capex and PM? I have used the BP calculators and things I have learned in the podcasts to come up with my own deal analysis...