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I'm ready to take the leap in real estate (I think). I've been approved for 100k through a HELOC. I know I want to start purchasing long term rentals but I can't decide if I want to BRRRR a small single family home or...
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I am about to rehab my first property as a buy and hold rental. It is a 3 bed 3 bath SF home. Part of my rehab will be a new kitchen including new cabinets, range, dishwasher and counter tops, etc. My question ...
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I thought you might enjoy this article written by Robert Shiller, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University:http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/housing-mark...Agree/Disagree? Comments? Thoughts?
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is note buying big in Canada? Haven't heard of this before. Also, FDA loans...is there something similar to these so we can have the option to,put less than 20%down on a rental?
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I'll try to make this as short as possible, but I've got a question I can use some help with. I've got an extra $900/mo or so right now that I'm saving to buy my first rental. My plan was to "snowball" the profit fro...
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to purchase my first investment property (apartment in condo building) in either Manhattan or Brooklyn. I am just wondering what kind of GRM i should expect in such a competitive market? I h...