Jon Sheffield
Landlording in Washington, DC
I am currently looking for investors that either currently own or have owned in the past investment properties within washington, d.c. (ne,se, sw,nw). My question is what didn't you know before investing in DC that as...
Jordan Hamm
Need help determining rent — Rent strategy
Im turning my existing home into a rental (closing on another home in Feb). I have a pretty good handle on what I should charge for rent, but some extra feedback would be great.My neighborhood seems to be in fairly hi...
Theo Hicks
First Property Story: Success and (mostly embarrassing) failures
After deciding to get into real estate (after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad, just needed to read the first chapter and I knew what I needed to do) I set up a meeting with a real estate agent/lender to go over investing op...
Boe Bishop
Flipping a house to yourself.
Has anyone flipped a house to yourself? I'm thinking that being able to transfer homes through arms length transactions could be benifitial.
Christopher T
MILITARY TO REI PLAN
First, thanks Joshua Dorkin for this forum... I am addicted! I've been brainstorm for a few months on how I should get started. I'm currently in the military and am going to request to get out as I am tired of sayin...
Quentin Yip
Air Force guy in Washington D.C.
Hey everyone,My name is Quentin Yip and I'm an Air Force Captain that's been in the D.C. area for about 8 months. I have rented since I graduated college and am looking to potentially purchase a home in a year or so....
J. Martin
Another master lease signed this afternoon: A lesson in solving others’ problems – IN FLIP FLOPS - + My Mistake
In the last 24 hours, I took a headache off a busy man’s (dad’s) hands, am hooking up an international student with a baby w/ new furniture, baby stuff, and a place to live, and borrowed 5yr funds supported by the cas...
Brian Yoshimura
What city would you buy in today (August 2014)
I'm just throwing this out there. What city would you look to buy in today, or in the near future, if you...- were only interested in a buy and hold strategy,- were willing to sacrifice some cash flow (although it wo...
Bryant Cheely
College Roommate Switch Out
Hello All, I was hoping to find some advice from landlords who may have faced similar problems. We manage many units, mostly in the LSU area of Baton Rouge, and they are all individually owned. As such, we only accept...
Keith K.
Small town REI... how small is too small? And why?
Hi Folks,I've been looking at communities surrounding my area (Portland and SW Washington) and considering investing there for a buy and hold strategy. I am wondering, though, if I should be excluding any of them by ...