Trevor Muska
I feel shady getting properties under contract without funding.
I have been trying to get my head around the chicken and the egg game. I want to get a property under contract but I'm just starting out and I'm not 100% curtain i will be able to secure funding. Is it shady or immora...
Tyler M.
Spreadsheet for Financial Life/Real Estate, My Situation, Advice?
This is a long post, but I figured I would post my situation and a decision I am trying to make along with a spreadsheet I made to track financial independence. See link below. You should be able to copy and paste int...
Federico Gutierrez
They said become a property investor it will be fun. *SOMETIMES*
Bought this property a few months back. Got it at a good price in a B area, Parma OH and put some additional capital to fix it up. Just general updating and making it more homey. (I still ask myself why though, tenant...
Lynn Z
do you manage your own properties?
How many of you use a property manager to manage your properties vs. managing your properties yourselves.
Jerome Harrod II
Learning the trade, Earnest Money Deposit?
How does earnest money deposits works? As I was reading, I saw that when dealing with new buyers many wholesalers had made the buyers pay an earnest money deposit. Is this a recommended practice? Why? How much do I as...
Steve Tse
Is it normal to continuously get tenants to requests things
Hi Guys,
I am fairly new at this and was wondering, on average, how many times does your tenant asks for things to be replaced of fixed ? I've had a new tenant for the last 3 months and I keep getting requested to ta...
Kevin McCollick
What to do with $20,000
I want to ask everyone in here what they would do if I had given them $20,000.
This could be answered 100 different ways and quite frankly I would love to hear all 100 answers.
Try to be as specific as possible, don...
Christopher John McCarthy
New Member Question: Currently Living in Chicago, IL
Hello everyone!My name is Chris McCarthy.I'm writing this post to introduce myself and start getting involved in this awesome community! My goal for joining this forum is to learn from the best and network. I just tur...
Maher Bateh
capital gains tax?
If I buy and sell houses(flip) as a full time job, do I pay capital gains taxes? I read somewhere if it can be proven as a full time commitment and its the only source of income I make, the capital gains taxes are inc...
Kim Rock
High DTI - creative ideas?
I want to purchase another property to buy & hold. I have a high DTI because my primary home is only in my name, yet my husbands income obviously goes towards paying our primary homes mortgage even though he's n...