Jonathan Twombly
What scares you most about getting started in real estate investment?
I've come a pretty far way in my investment journey, having acquired 400+ units in the last two years. When I was first delving into this business, I was afraid that I knew nothing, and that I would lose money. And ...
Tommy Martinez
Serious Question! Not ment to offend anyone!
Hello,So I'm still very much a newbie and this is probably a newbie question. I don't mean to offend anyone but I figured I'd atleast ask Why do Guru's or the Experienced Investors waste there time with Investor clubs...
Jia Lin
Tenant Threatening Legal Action For Landlord Responses to Repairs
Hi All,Need some insight regarding some issues I'm experiencing with some tenants. I had a couple move in to my townhouse and in the few months they've been here there's been a series of repairs that were needed for t...
Chauncy Gray
Amortization Schedule - 30 Year Mortgage
Hello Everyone,
I was at a local real estate investor group meeting last night, and I was told something that I could not believe at first. I was told that amortizations are never good, especially for 30-year mortgag...
James Hamling
How will the death of the 1031 impact you???????
The end of the 1031 exchange.... It's a statement that seems more fit on a sandwich board sign wandering a street corner right next to "the end is nigh" yet, here we are in a living reality where it was not only spoke...
Lucas Mills
How did the 2007 housing bubble affect investors of buy and hold?
First, I'm confused as to what exactly caused the housing bubble of 2007. It sounds like people were unable to pay their mortgages, thus resulting in foreclosure, but why were they suddenly unable to pay in the first ...
Chris H.
What Is The Best Way To Prevent A Realtor From Stealing My Buyer?
When putting a listed property under contract for a wholesale deal, what is the best way to prevent the listing agent from circumventing and stealing any of the buyers/funding partners? NCND agreements seem to not wor...
Alex Silang
Getting called a "slumlord" by friends and family
I bought 2 triplexes in blue collar areas. I am very good landlord, I always fix things on time. I'll do extra stuff - for example last week it came down to repair the fridge or buying a new one. I went with buying a ...
Brandon Vannier
Investing out of state, would you do it?
I live in San Diego, CA and have been looking for options locally but the numbers aren't adding up to my planned budget. I have been looking out of state at cheaper multifamily homes and those seem to bring the cash f...
Stacy G.
Why investors should be their own general contractor
This is in follow up to a recent post by Engelo Rumora "The Top 3 People Most Likely to Rip You Off in Real Estate Investing"Probably one of the more misunderstood words in construction is "general contractor". Based ...