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I am a manufacturing engineer and I don't like my job. I was interested in engineering while in school but now find that I'm just not passionate about it. What I am passionate about is real estate investing and the...
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I currently have an offer in on a short sale...it has been 3+ weeks since my offer without a response from the bank...I was told 8 days ago I would get a response with 48 hours...I still haven't heard anything to date...
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I have a 9-6 job and recently, my company went from cubicles to open space office set-ups. I seat pretty much next to my boss now. As I grow my business more and more, I have found myself getting calls from brokers, i...
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I own a 3 story historic building in downtown Houston. The first two floors are rented to a night club. Actually I take that back: The full 3 floor are rented to them but they only use two. So I thought I’d see if the...
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Economic Update(Monday, May 3, 2021)
Here’s some fun facts. According to University of California Davis’ “Road Ecology Center,” Los Angeles traffic patterns changed dramatically during the pandemic. In March of 2...
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Ok folks, here is the story. I have a friend who is a mortgage banker/broker and I went and got pre-qualified with him. I completely trust that he would do a stellar job executing quickly, making listing agents confid...
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Hi-I'm Brian and I'm located in Seattle. I'm not new to RE investing but I'm surely small potatoes compared to some people here, I have a total of 8 rental units in 3 properties; a triplex, duplex, and 4-plex. ...
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After all these months watching HGTV and reading books. I was finally able to pull out a modest profit on my 1st flip deal. I’m grateful that after all the startup cost and unexpected issues, I was able to come ou...
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Where can I find loans for multi family units at 5-10% down? I'm a first time invester with good credit and have a 4-plex I would really like to make on offer on...
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Hey all!I'm turning 30 next month and have been thinking about getting into investing for years. I made a crappy deal and lost some money a few years ago and now I'm ready to try again. I was laid off from my job rece...