J. Martin
How Close to the Top? - SF Bay Area Housing Affordability Analysis - (w/ Charts & Graphs!) by me
Executive Summary:Because of the real estate I own, and prospective potential purchases, I wanted to know more about where we are in the real estate cycle in the SF Bay Area. Inspired by great students and researchers...
Shannon Shannon
How to understand if I can ever be granted permission to work from home while in an HOA that says NO?
I am simply beside myself. I am VERY new to SC...and about to put in an offer on a home only to realize the HOA forbids ANY home businesses of ANY kind. My career is in family based home child care (6 or less kids)......
DeWitt Gibson
Fannie Mae tightens lending standards on Investment Homes
We have been discussing this at my office all day. I don't know much as this point, but here's what I know: "Fannie Mae is tightening the underwriting criteria for second homes and investment properties, the governmen...
Brant Hampton
6% real estate agent or $300 Flat Fee Transactional Broker?
I am about a week away from finishing a very larger rehab project and want to ask if its worth it to use a traditional listing agent or to go with a flat fee transactional broker? I understand that no matter what I w...
Rob Hakes
Another Spartan Invest Turnkey Case Study
I recently purchased a property from Spartan Invest and wanted to post the details and make it an ongoing case study solely for the benefit of those looking into the company. I really appreciated others doing this as...
Kevin Rea
Of all the places you lived, where would you move to right now
I have only ever lived in Wisconsin so I do not have a good idea as to how it compares to other places. I know it always seems that the grass is greener in another state but I want to get some sort of consensus.
The...
Kevin Estey
CALLING ALL NEW ZEALAND BASED INVESTORS!
Let's get everyone who is a New Zealand based Real Estate / Property Investor to reply here, so we can try and form a group to share ideas both for investing locally and abroad. I know there are many of you out there...
Nathan Gesner
Why is unpaid rent so high?
I've read news reports that say up to 20% of rent has gone unpaid in the last couple of months. I manage 350 units and all but one has paid (we extended grace far longer than normal but now we're in the process of evi...
Jon Q.
Middle Class: Chips Are Stacked Against You
If you are middle class in America and you depend on W2 income for a living, the chips are stacked against you.1. Why are Americans who work for a living taxed more than investors who live off of their investments?2. ...
Joe Butcher
Defining "motivated"
Have been getting lots of calls since starting my yellow letter campaign. No deals so far, as the sellers (or potential sellers) haven't seemed that motivated to me.
Maybe it's my expectations? Maybe I was ex...