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Hi everybody! Thanks for checking out my intro post!My name is Alex and I'm looking to quit working my job in retail sales and get into REI as soon as possible. First of all, I live in Santa Barbara, California. I'm n...
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Hello All,I have found my dream property and investment. It's a small B&B, that has positive cash flow and has opened their books to us, everything looks great and we would live on the property and run the busines...
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So I emailed about 7 lenders yesterday and got replies back from all of them. After reading 2 of the emails I began wondering about these fees and when they are due. This is an excerpt of 1 of the emails I receive...
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I took a note from Sean Terry's ebook that a rule of thumb for estimating repairs is the equation: sq.ft of home x $10 = general rehab cost
Has anyone ever made an offer to buy using this formula? and then ma...
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Hey Everyone!I'm a soon to be college grad in may. Have started a few businesses during college. All of which are growing well, however, I'm selling one (ecommerce store) to fund the down payment of a duplex. In this ...
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I'm looking for good opportunities for residential real estate investments (Rentals!). Example would be $100K purchase price with $1,000 monthly rent at the minimum. Cap rate equal to 8% or greater. We have bought in ...
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I am excited to see the comments in the thread and see what you're doing to generate bookings It was a pleasure to be part of the podcast. Episode here
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So, this hasn't happened to me yet, but I am curious.With the advent of the passage of laws in various states allowing for the medicinal use of marijuana, I'm wondering how this interfaces with landlords and their lea...
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Currently I am getting all my ducks in a row to my path in real estate investing and I am looking for input/opinions on which path to take on refinancing my primary home. Make a very long story short, I am currently ...
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I'm trying to find out if anyone has had luck finding a lender who will allow 90% LTV at a reasonable (less than 5.5%) rate on a second home/vacation home loan. My partners and I are trying to buy a house in Oak Islan...