Jim Zatko
Mortgage on a rental
For most of you that do a buy and hold strategy... how long of a mortgage do you get and why? For instance, a 10 year, 15 year, 30 year?
Stacey Ocampo
Short Term Rental Strategy
Hi guys! I recently acquired a short term rental in Big Bear, CA with a partner that closed in January and am now just starting to discuss this topic outside of my partner and circle since I don’t know where else to g...
Brandon Terrazas
Getting Accurate Numbers For Investing
I have heard more times that I can count that to be successful in real estate you need to run the numbers and only invest in properties where the numbers make sense. In theory I get that. But it seems that running the...
Juan Lizarazo
Higher rate with 1% pre-pay penalty vs lower rate with 5% yearly decreasing penalty
Hello beautiful community! In the ever-evolving landscape of investments, I'm curious to hear about the strategies that savvy investors are currently employing. I am navigating the financing of a deal via a DSCR loan ...
Malek Bohsali
Raising rents in Texas?
Are you raising rents? If so, what percentage % ? Single family, long term rentals. We have ok tenants who don’t complain much. They do accumulate trash, old tires on the property. Units re-lease in 10 days or less...
Derek P.
Build reserves, buy next house or pay down debt?
I just recently purchased my 4th multi-family property this summer and now I am debating what my next step should be. My current goal is to reach 8k/month in cash flow. Here are my options as I see them.
1) Build up...
Jason Merchey
How Do Syndicated Apartment Holds Fail?
I'm looking into investing a good amount of cash in my first syndicated apartment deal. Buy-fix-reposition-hold. I am imagining there are about 25-50 fairly sophisticated individuals involved on the equity side, maybe...
Adam Widder
Where to store rental reserves?
We're going on 3 properties, and I'm wondering where others store their reserves for their rental properties? My general rule of thumb was 6 months of PITI, which I have in a savings account. As we go to 3 properties,...
Michael Baum
Fed cuts rates by .5%
Just announced. More than many thought including me. I figured 1/4 point then another in a couple of months.Should be interesting to see how things shake out.
Abdul R.
QE3 and Real Estate - Your thoughts
As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...