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Hi everyone,I've been actively looking for my first investment for quite some time now. I'm to the point where the pricing for what the properties here in New Jersey are worth aren't at all in my opinion worth investi...
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The short answer is: not much. We’re in the housing market. The housing market has never been a leading indicator of the economy, so even if the housing market does feel some negative effects from the UK’s Brexit, tho...
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Whats working right now for you? What are you investing in? Is anybody doing sub2s, lease options etc..?? What are you doing if you have cash? If you dont?
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Hello,Been looking at single family homes for about a year now. I think I may be focusing too much on the price of the home vs the cashflow. Reaching out for advice from experienced investors on whether it's worth goi...
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Hi All,
I'm new to investing and just signed for Pro recently. I know every market is different I'm just curious to know if anyone has advice on getting started in the chicago market or Illinois in general. Any succe...
I tried to buy a home for 109K and was informed I had to wait two weeks because I am an investor so I did and now they tell me someone is going through the home path loan for 150K! This property looks to be worth a ...
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I'm looking at a property on Auction . com that has twice as much debt as it is worth (I am very familiar with the market where it is located). The property is going to be auctioned off at the county courthouse. Wil...
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Story time:So a couple weeks ago I made an offer on a house I really liked. It was completely re-modeled and it was a nice little small house and the only thing I could tell that could of used some improvement on was ...
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I am a future investor in a multi-family property, and I was looking for some information about real estate locations and markets within Texas. I plan on financing my first purchase using my VA loan but have difficult...
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So we all know housing will dip/drop at some point. What happens to your equity in situations when you put down 5% vs when you put 20% down?- Buy a 500k house and put 5% down (25k) and the next day housing prices cras...