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My wife and I started investing in Rental RE in early 2015 at the age of 29 acquiring our first property here in the Bay Area, CA. We lived in the property for about a good six months after realizing that we wanted to...
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Leasing season is fast approaching (at least in Richmond, VA). As the weather begins to warm, people are coming out of their homes and begin to look for opportunity. Spring is the most valuable time to have a vacant ...
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Hi folks,
I think it is suboptimal that we price our rentals in a currency that continues to lose a lot of its value. I'm sure that approaching your tenants to tell them that their rent is going up is highly unpleasa...
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15% decline in cooper & lumber, key components of housing
June housing starts dropped 9.9% in June
Housing permits dropped 7.5%
25% of the housing buyers are investors/institutions
Job creation is flat
Mortga...
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I was recently told that constructing a new home has become much more expensive recently due to more and more regulations having to be met by those building the new property. I didn't think that it was something exces...
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Hi all,I'm looking to invest in a property in Florida. I'm doing my research on which areas to target where I wont have much difficulty finding tenants, AirBnb's, etc. I haven't honed in a specific city yet but I w...
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Hello! I am a Marine Officer Stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, and living in the Sneads Ferry area. I am looking to get my feet wet in the commercial real-estate game and am interested in storage unit investi...
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Was asked for comments on a new Self storage Location layout. Layout is a little hard to read on the attachment. Questions and responses below. This is just a quick glance. I will try to note the reason for each o...
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Does anyone have any recommendations on where to get decent replacement windows for a single family rental unit in Milwaukee. The house has 18 windows that will need to be replaced and are original from the 1929 ho...
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A lot a newbie investors spend so much time trying to learning "the right amount" of information before jumping into investing (as if there's such a thing). But every experienced investor says it's more important to j...