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What is driving you to invest in real estate, and what is your ultimate goal?
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Hello all,My current strategy has been cash only on my deals but I have began exploring the possibility of leveraging. I recently sat down with a commercial loan officer from a relatively small bank. He seemed eager t...
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Hello all,I was wondering if there are any REIs out there who have a speaking difficulty or a stutter. I have a stutter and am looking for strategies for Negotiating, and other RE nuances. Obviously, a partner who is ...
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If I get balance transfer from 3 cards totally $30K and then add up my personal savings of $30K , totaling $60K to make a 20% downpayment for $300K rental investment.Does banks have problem providing mortgage loans ?...
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(Putting tax benefits, loan amoritazation and apperciation aside)
I continually think about what my goal is, in terms of how much money I want to make from owning rentals and how many properties I would need to supp...
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good day everyoneIm a foreign property investor and have been looking into tapping into the US market for quiet some time now. I came across this guy Kris Krohn on instagram and have been going through all is social m...
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Like a lot of newbies here, I was surprised to find that operating expenses run about 50% of your rent collections. My question is, what do you do with all that money. Obviosuly you are not spending hundreds of dolla...
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Hello guys, I would love to have some advice from this great community. Here is the dilemma. My wife and I think we found a good property for our rental property journey. This will be our very first rental property. W...
I am under contract for a piece of beach area property along the 30A highway in Florida that is approved by the County for building four villas on. Despite being a high income earning physician, the bank is requiring ...
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I've owned a SF rental for 11 months now. I am definitely interested in purchasing more properties but I am sort of stuck at the moment. My plan was to cash out refinance, HELOC or whatever type of loan would make the...