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I have waited two years to post about this. Well, make that 2 years and 2 months but who's counting. About two years ago I had sent out some mailers that proved to be very successful. I know we had a couple of deals o...
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I started out on the same path that most rental property investors do. I bought a single family rental while working a full-time job, kept acquiring more rentals over the years while self managing, until I hit about ...
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Wanted to see what other landlords thought about this situation.
We are buying a distressed 3 family that has 3 apartments: 1 bedroom in the basement, and 2- 2 bedroom units.
The basement apartment has ...
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I booked a rental at a Northern Michigan lake house recently, and now that I'm an expert, I naturally had much to critique. This was a 5 bed, 3 bath house right on the water, and more of a house-hacking STR vs. a prof...
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I know at times you may have wanted to rip your hair out (or maybe not) from dealing with tenants, or going through high vacancy periods, to maybe doing a bad deal on a house.
Did you ever think investing in the sto...
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Hey BP community I just bought the book Think and Grow Rich and was just wondering what you guys' opinions are about it. What were the big key takeaways for you guys
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I live in SF Bay Area, CA, and have a fancy tech job that I enjoy (at least I did before COVID). Have about $8k a month to invest in real estate after maxing retirement accounts thanks to high income and modest lifest...
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Hi; I'm a new investor who had the privilege of pitching my plan to a panel of experienced members at my local REIA club. They told me lease option deals weren't popular in California because you run into problems wit...
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http://www.housingwire.com/blog/student-loan-debt-making-it-more-difficult-get-mortgages
Obvious, I know. But looks like they will be renters for quite some time based on those numbers. Plus, it's nearly impossible...
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First of all thanks for reading this as I realize it is a bit lengthy. I just think this info is important in order to give proper context to my question.What would be a fair profit split on a deal where i bring all t...