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I have been asked if I would be interested in managing a pretty large house as short term rental. The owner is going to be moving out of state.
The house, cabin, and 2 car garage sit in 17 acres in a pretty affluent ...
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Hello everyone!
Has anyone done or thought of attempting buying vacation rentals through the investment of a self-directed IRA? Specifically, I have been researching the concept of a self-directed IRA LLC with check...
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In my last post I asked in detail how to find sellers and good deals. Now I want to focus on how to approach a potential customer. When trying to buy directly from a home owner how do you generally go about that. I...
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I have a property that I already repossessed through a foreclosure, but the previous owner does not want to move. I have repossessed the property five months ago and he does not want to move out. Any advice on how ...
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Hello, we are looking to purchase a vacation home in Lake Tahoe with the possibility of renting it when we’re not using it. We’d like to stay around 500k for a min 3/2 turnkey. What areas around Tahoe would you recom...
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I've never hired an EA or CPA before and need advice on vetting them to avoid being taken advantage of. I feel capable of handling my accounting in general, but I primarily need help with taxes for my real estate and ...
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Hi All, I have an opportunity to purchase a piece of land that I think will be great for a mobile home park given a number of location constraints and opportunities. I have a strong background in multifamily and retai...
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Now that I am preparing to "turn up" the metaphor "heat" on my new real estate investing career, I have heard a little of this and little of that about qualified retirement plans (QRPs). Could anyone give me advice o...
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What is a good rule of thumb everyone is using to calculate expenses on smaller multi family facility’s when doing a quick back of the napkin evaluation on a property (5-20 units)? I typically use 50% of the stated gr...
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I know this has been asked in different variations before but wanted to see if perhaps the landscape has changed. As far as I'm aware, most people use some combination of Craigslist, Zillow, and Rentometer as first pa...