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My girlfriend and I have been saving money for a down payment on our first rental property and had initially been looking at single family properties and multifamily properties in upstate New York. In May 2017 I came ...
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There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...
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I am a new investor looking to get into the RE market. I am having a hard time finding properties where the numbers make sense. I am qualified for $250k for an investment property. I have found a few nice homes but th...
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I've been running the numbers and although real estate has been very attractive to me with leverage (I own 3 properties), running the numbers even with leverage real estate is not as attractive in the long run, becaus...
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Hello- I have been spending a considerable amount of time calling multifamily owners in my farm area and keep running into the same problem. Many of the owners would love to sell their property but have owned it for 3...
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I met with a seller this morning and the first thing she said to me was I am not going to give you my house!I want to know everyone's response,then I will tell you what I told herI am trying to help out new investors...
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My last post about my start in real estate got a decent amount of traction and I'm looking to continue providing some value to those starting out.
I'm a former data scientist and my superpower on teams is underwritin...
Hey everyone. So I've had my condo listed online for a week, and out of all the people who've come in, I only have 1 potential tenant, but he hasn't submitted the application yet. Essentially, 80% of the inquiries n...
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OK so going to post as one of the HATED contractors!
First as explained on the podcast there are three tiers of contractors.
The cheap....Probably one guy with or without a license who works for foo...
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This is going to be long. I hope I can get some advice and pointers on where to go from here. TLDR: I have a few deals under my belt, some good processes in place, but I am not making money and I don't know how to go ...