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I’m sharing a great news! My Real Estate Journey made at night and weekend, allowed me to close my first deal!
December 2020, I officially closed my first investment real estate deal with my partners. It’s a 44 ...
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Long story short - James Wise has an awful reputation here in the Cleveland area, but I have bought properties from him before I proceeded with another. Title came back with an encroachment. The roof is over the next ...
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Most of the discussion on this forum seems to cater to the DIYers. I haven’t seen much discussion on routes for passive investors to make similar or comparable CoC, cash flow, and equity as regular active investors. I...
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It is possible after all! After months and months of learning, I decided to dive in to the world of flipping. After a month of searching and offering on properties, I found the winner. I bought it off of the MLS (10 o...
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Just wanted to see what people do. I've owned RE for about 3-4 years and I haven't told a single coworker about it. I'm a private person in general. Still though sometimes I consider it. I think it's interesting conve...
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I have read through a lot of forum post about the topic of wholesaling (the latest by @Brittany Witt) and it seems like the argument of wholesaling being legal/illegal could be squashed once and for all by getting you...