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Northeast LA(NELA)/ Downtown vs Inglewood/South Bay --as far as "gentrification areas" within LA County. Are you guys hotter on the Inglewood area or Northeast LA/ Downtown Los Angeles?Inglewood is closer to the beac...
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Hey, I’m considering going pet friendly. What are some best practices that folks enforce on guests when being pet friendly?This will be my first foray into the universe of admitting pets so all feedback is welcome.I f...
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Hello! Can someone tell me if water damage in a property should automatically disqualify a home when looking to buy a new property? I'm new to REI, so I'm not sure. Several properties I've seen online obviously hav...
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So heres the scenario,Ive got 400k crowdfunded and am looking at seller financing deals because my job history is sporadic and I get paid cash a lot of the time so getting conventional financing wont be happening. My...
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I recently wrote a post about wanting to house hack in Socal to lower my living expenses and I received a lot of great feedback and advice. I am also just as interested in buy and hold investments in the Cleveland mar...
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Hi everybody, This is my first post, glad y'all are here talking about this stuff! My question is about owning rental properties that are more than 500 miles away. Some RE investor...
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Hello All, My name is Brandon Cohen, a real estate salesperson in NYC (Manhattan/Brooklyn). I love helping my clients, and am looking to get started on my own, most likely in other markets simply because the cost is ...
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Make Sure You Get This One Right
By Niels C. Jensen
There are those who sweat over every decision, worrying about how it will affect their lives and investments. Then there is the school of thought that we should f...
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Hi all, I have a tenant who is really great. She just got notice that she's getting laid off from her job in December. She's not sure how the job search will go and might not be able to pay her rent in January. Does a...
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I’m a real estate investor based out of Los Angeles. I have been doing it for ten lovely years. However, what I am about to say truly pierces my perpetual LA pride. You couldn’t pay me enough money to invest in Los An...