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Hey all! Introducing myself here; I am a former biotech scientist turned to real estate professional. I interact with first time house hackers / seasoned investors on a daily basis. Wanna know what they have in common...
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Bought a duplex last year in what we thought was an up and coming area. Assessed at purchase price. After tenants moved out, we are now struggling with vacancy for almost 6 months. Renovating but not getting the right...
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Like most of you, I do most of my advertising for my rentals through craigslist. Nothing irritates me more than setting up an appointment, driving over to the rental property to meet a prospective tenant and no one sh...
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Hi Everyone!
This is a great site!!! I have been coaching some new investors over the last year and decided to start writing down the basics for they and others that I can share with in the future.
I have addressed s...
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Hello,I have been trying to get a HML for a few days now and there is so much garbage and fakes online it is getting very frustrating. Has anyone else ran into this same problem? If so what did you do to overcome it? ...
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Hello!I am so happy I found this website! I have been involved with real estate for the last two years, but I decided to start a real estate investing business over the last five months or so. I have set some solid go...
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Kind of of frustrated at the whole thing and don't understand what to expect. We had an offer accepted on a Fannie Mae home, and had the contract signed and everything on July 18th, which put our closing for August 1...
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Hello All,Pray this message reaches everyone in peaceful spirits. HELP!!!For the past two years, I have been looking to get into Buy & Hold investing, however different dilemma always seems to creep into the plan....
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As a realtor, what do you find frustrating about using the MLS? I am working on building a new digital platform that will take on the MLS and provide a better service and experience. I solicit any detail you can share...
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After a long span of quiet, drama free tenants in rentals, I discovered last night that a tenant that just moved in lied about having caged reptiles in the house. I'm not too worried about anything caged, but it is ag...