Patty C.
How Do You Stay Ahead Of The Curve In San Francisco Bay Area Market?
After looking in San Francisco, the East Bay, South of San Francisco, and the North Bay, I decided to invest in the North Bay because the housing prices were still reasonable. Perhaps this is slipping away as well: I...
William Gan
New Investor in Brooklyn, NY - curious of people's views on units
Hi all,My name is William and I currently live/work in Brooklyn, NY. I moved to NYC about 4 years ago, and have been renting so far, but realized financials are much better on the owner-operator side. My goal for my f...
Steve Christensen
Net Listing vs Wholesaling?
Can someone please explain the difference (if there is one) in a Net Listing vs wholesaling?My understanding of a Net Listing:Net Listing provision states that seller will receive a net amount of money (say 150k for t...
Nick Coons
Slightly Lowering Interest Rates on BRRRR
TL;DR - Get your investment back without doing a cash-out refinance.Something occurred to me the other day when talking with my lender. This may be something that everyone knows and I'm just late to the game, but I th...
Michael Choi
Has anyone rented out to tenants who hosts Airbnb?
Hi,I have potential tenants (husband and wife) interested in renting out my 3 bedrooms home who will use one bedroom as their primary residence and rent out other rooms through Airbnb in Los Angeles. They sent me thei...
David Wilhite
re: How to pay down mortgage quicker?
Ok so I know most everybody has heard about making biweekly mortgage payments in order to pay your mortgage down faster. Instead of making 12 monthly payments a year you make 26 half payments or 1 extra monthly paymen...
Todd Magin
Strategies for using a Self-Directed IRA
The way I see it, there are basically two ways to use an IRA to finance investments:1) Have the IRA "buy" the property and ALL income and expenses are paid to/from the IRA. If financing is used in the purchase of t...
Rohan J.
Has anyone bought properties with high property tax? Regret it?
hey BP - I've been looking around in Ohio for smaller multis and apartment buildings, and while the rents can be great, the neighborhoods that I like just have property taxes. For example, I'm looking at 4plex in a B-...
Sheila Villacampa
Real Life of a RE investor/wannabe
I selected this forum because I want my story to be a successful one. But I doubt it.. And really today I feel like I want to give up.
In 2003, I came to the US through a work visa. Apart from job, I dreamed of esta...
John K.
Net Present Value (NPV) - the most accurate deal analysis?
Even though Net Present Value is used mainly in financial management I think it is probably the best ratio/calculation for analyzing a real estate deal. Unfortunately in Real Estate Analysis people usually use mainly ...