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For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...
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Account Closed I Live in Detroit. I proudly live in Detroit. But for the past couple of threads about my fine city I’ve stayed silent to see which direction it would go; but I’m back to answer any questions you may ha...
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Recently two of the higher end suburbs (Broadview Heights & Seven Hills) in the Cleveland market banned short term rentals. Source ArticleI never got involved in the Airbnb craze myself. Not my business model. I'v...
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I have bid & won more HUD homes for my investors than I can count, and I use a strategy that I have been hoarding all to myself for several years. A few of you may already have an inside track and are familiar wit...
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Afternoon BP,After news broke of Amazon moving forward on finding a new HQ, I got really excited for the possibility of a new/increased opportunity in a new area. I currently own and rent in Central Florida, but would...
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I just read the article that was on this site " Investing in rental properties won't build wealth but this will".
To sum it up and NOT verbatim is says, it's a good idea to invest in rental properties but to think ...
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I recently heard a remarkable story of a wholesaler claiming they picked up a house for 32,000 and then turned around and flipped it to a contractor for 54,000 within a span of 10 days.
The story is true; which leads...
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Hey folks, happy new year.
The other day I was asked to show a friend all the steps required to find and buy a fixer upper house here in the Atlanta market. Not a hard task, but doing it the right way is. That said ...
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Overcoming the mindset of paying down mortgages is a dilemma for me. Considering the low interest rates I am going to refinance a couple of my SFH rentals and my primary residence. It makes financial sense to me to ...
My partner and I went out to lunch with one of our agents who sold us 2 buildings last year. He asked how much do we cash-flow on the buildings? We looked at each other and said we didn't know. You've gotta be kiddi...