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I am Lease/ Purchasing my home in Spring Tx. Montgomery Co. and I've already invested over 20K in this property but the owner went into default and tryin to catch it up but doesn't think she can before Feb.3rd Foreclo...
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according to a book that I just read.A number of years ago I went to a big real estate investors convention with 1,500 attendees; there they did a survey and about 1/3 didn't own any real estate, about 1/3 only owned ...
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The basic information for this post has come from the book Aftershock written by David Wiedemer and Robert Wiedemer with the assistance of Cindy Spitzer. These are the same authors that four years ago wrote America's ...
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Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
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The Washington Post published an article from an outside contributor (and investor), Conor Sen, claiming that while software was the biggest business story of the last five years, housing will rule the next five years...
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Hi all, I recently moved to Las Vegas. Currently in market for a primary residence but also looking to buy SFH rentals in the coming months and finally start my real estate investing journey here. Do any of you local ...
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So I am quite interested in buying my first sect storage units. What are the best steps? Is it like SFH, you first find a market, then a team and then a deal?I’m having a hard time finding any self storages for sale y...
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I’m going to let the cat out of the bag early here – you do not have to face seasoning when refinancing. You do not have to wait any period of time to refinance a property. There are plenty of lenders that have ZERO...
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Perhaps I have an inner socialist I’m not aware of, but I have to ask the community, when is enough enough as it pertains to number of units owned?How often they ask on the podcasts “where are you going from here?” An...
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Hey guys, absolutely love this site and everyone on it. I'm just about to jump into the Buy & Hold side of REI and just wondering if anyone has any classic mistakes that they would see a first timer like me make c...