Chris Simmons
Buy and hold forever or sell after several years?
Hello. My name is Chris and I am an Investor.I am curious about long term strategies. I am a buy and hold investor that is curious about long term strategy regarding holding forever or close to it or selling after ...
Matthew Paul
Even the experienced get burned .
A builder I know thought he got a smokin deal on 8 lots in an expensive area near me . Its an old subdivision so he had to merge 8 lots into 4 . He paid $ 60 thousand for the lots . Which is a great price . Now the ...
Samantha Soto
Bi-weekly Rent Payment
Does anyone use biweekly rent payment schedule for tenants? We are inheriting some tenants that have historically had some difficulty paying. They have been long-term tenants, and the prior landlord was apparently c...
Allana Alex
Tenant says no to roach spray
Tenant contacted me and complained that she has roaches and water bugs in her apartment. I spoke to my other two tenants below her who informed me that they do not have a roach problem in their apartment so problem i...
Rita Temple
FHA Loan and flipping first house
So please correct me if I'm wrong. But, I have to reside in the house for a year if it is a FHA loan? What if I was to find a house and use the FHA plus 203k loan, then once I'm ready to sell convert to a convention...
Andrew S.
Painting Pressure Treated Wood
One of my properties has a brick patio with treated wood guard rails. The red brick color and the treated wood don't make a really nice color combination, and I'm thinking about painting the wood. Now, I have certai...
Shrey A.
Real estate investment in current economy vs stock market
I hope I will not be hated on for this question. I have been an investor in stock markets for the last 7 years. In the last 5 years, an index fund for S&P500 has yielded 75% returns (15% yearly on average?). The s...
Val Csontos
IRS says: No Capital Gains Tax for You if you sell your section 8 rentals!
There is a catch of course, but that is normal when dealing with the IRS. However if you have a long time Sec 8 rental, and you wouldn't mind to sell at ZERO Cap Rate this is your lucky day!!Read the details on this ...
Jonathan Jaime Velarde
Share Your Active Duty and RE Experiences!
Good Evening!I wanted to start a thread for active duty and retired investors. How did everyone start and how did everyone conduct their investing while in the military, during training, overseas, etc. I have about a ...
Natalie Smith
K-1 forms from iFunding
Anyone have any success getting K-1 forms from iFunding this year?I haven't received any communication from them and hoped someone else had.Thanks.--Natalie