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Economic Update Monday, December 14, 2020)Emotional intelligence, an important concept for investors to understand, is loosely defined as being able to recognize the feelings of ...
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I own 1-2 acres of land that I want to develop for commercial storage. The land is in North West Houston, by Spring TX. The land has utilities currently, however, I would have to lay concrete, etc (it is rural). I wan...
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I just wrote a blog about the financial metrics/returns of building ADUs in Los Angeles & Southern California...thought I would share some of my findings:
The cost of an ADU will depend on a few factors including...
I have a 2 bed/1 bath rental in a 55+ community in Riverside, Ca. Last week I had a neighbor of my rental call to inform me that another neighbor had called the police to do a welfare check on my tenant. Due to my ten...
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I have a duplex that I live in and rent the other side. I got in with a 3.5% FHA loan which has mortgage insurance on it. My loan balance is about $165,900 after 3 years. Market value is likely $210K. I just got an...
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Hi everyone,I had a question on what type of information a lender usually requires from a borrower to evaluate his/her credibility. Is there a sort of checklist of docs/information that is necessary before applying to...
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My wife and I embarked on a new experiment in 2015, radical cost cutting in our personal expenses in order to invest more quickly in cash flowing rental properties. When I say "new", I simply mean new to us as this s...
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Preface: PLEASE don't turn this into a thread debating the merits, legality, or ethics of wholesaling. There's enough of those already! I've been taking my Ohio salespersons licensing courses and am nearly ready to si...
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I'll be closing on my 4th rental property next week and would like to keep purchasing other properties (buy & hold is my strategy). However, in order to do so, I'll need to come up with some alternate forms of fi...
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Todays my 30th birthday, so I figured I’d write a success story and include failures on here:I got started in 2013 and bought 2 properties. One was a rental fixer upper that I got in way over my head on. The property ...