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Hi All,
I've read some posts about achieving FIRE via real estate investing and I'm hoping to start doing that 2024. I don't really have much experience in this area and would love some advise. I'm currently in Phoen...
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In large markets what is anyone doing to compete with the guys that have a 20K per month marketing budget. Here in the Dallas Fort Worth area there are multiple Homevestor operations that spend this much or more. What...
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So I've been looking at different options to get into the rental real estate arena and for someone who works at a senior management level with a full time job it seems that Turnkey properties would be ideal to at leas...
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The purpose of this post is to provide hope to those trying to make it in a high priced market such as Hawaii, California, New York, etc.My wife and I made $600,000 doing live-in flips in Honolulu. It took us 11 year...
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This is a question I hadn't considered until a couple days ago, but here is why I ask it. I'm new to investing and want to start making money, and I'm also committed to learning everything I can about whatever I get s...
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I have 500k to allocate into real estate. Assume that I have taken care of retirement account and general stocks contribution. Also, assume a regular job so I do not need extra income. I want to invest 500k real estat...
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What if your son or daughter isn't sure what they want to do? Can you afford to spend $100k+ to educate them .... is it worth saddling them (or you) with so much debt that it will take years to pay back? Has college ...
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Door count is the worst (commonly discussed) metric in the real estate investing community. Why does everyone use it? Can we all decide to collectively kill it? Or are there some of you out there that stand by door co...