Charlie MacPherson
New Massachusetts Law on Short Term Rentals
Got this from my broker yesterday. It describes the new laws Governor Baker signed into law regarding short term rentals:Today Governor Baker signed into law a bill regulating and taxing short-term rentals. The timel...
Doug Smith
Fed Rate Increases and Our Industry
This is more of a rant and personal opinion to hear what others in the know think. Yes, I get inflation has been out of control, but what is the real cause of our current inflationary trend. The Federal Reserve has de...
Rick Alvi
Pay off Student Loans? Or Save for Apartment or Mobile Home prop.
Hey guys,I'm not sure what to do.. I know eliminating my student debt (I have about 19k) would ease some of my anxiety for sure, but is it the smart thing to do? I want to be financially independent in 10 years. I'd l...
Catherine W.
How to Weed Out Bad Tenants in Up and Coming Area
My husband and I are currently rehabbing a duplex in an up and coming neighborhood of Columbus, OH. The plan is to househack for a year or two (live in one side, rent out the other). We've finished renovating our si...
Justin Sheley
House hacking the most dangerous city in America
Four years ago my wife and I took the plunge into real estate by househacking in the most dangerous city in America, and no @Joshua Dorkin it’s not Detroit. At the time we knew absolutely nothing about real estate an...
Andreas Mueller
High Interest Rates vs Gov Spending. Who will win the inflation fight?
Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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Mitchell Poloskey
Please Help - Second Property Investment Route
Good evening,
I purchased a townhome in Houston, Texas in August 2020, locked in at a 3% rate with a low 5% down payment on a conventional loan for $284k. I currently sit at $258K to go on the mortgage and did this t...
Vinny Muli
Tapping into equity on my property that is under an LLC
When I first started investing in real estate, I always read that you should have your properties in LLCs to protect your personal assets. Now that I have some equity built up and want to pull some using a HELOC to pu...
Joffrey Long
Hard Money Loans: California Investors?
Here's my "take" on the market - and my question:
Will hard money continue to get cheaper? We see a continual pattern of huge amounts trust deed investment dollars chasing a smaller number of loans.
Rates in the si...
Shaun Moore
General Contractor's License for Permits when Doing Work Yourself
I have a project underway and am doing some of the work myself. I'm curious if anyone else has run into a problem when rehabbing a property, and doing the work yourself. Have you been required to have a General Contra...