Shashank R.
Investing in Rental Income Properties out of state
Hey Everyone,My goal is to invest in Single Family Homes and Condos that I can rent out and eventually generate a decent amount of passive income.I’ve heard from many experienced investors (and moguls) that the best w...
Abdul Azeez
Average Rental Time in Memphis
Folks - I am in the second part of my journey of investing in Memphis. I closed on a property on Jan 10 in Memphis. Property management has been turned over to Crestcore. The listing is at the following location:http:...
James Kerson
Tell Me Why My Discount Brokerage Idea Is Bad: Calling All Agents
I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...
Jay C.
Are Realtors days numbered?
I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...
Shane Pearlman
Cashflow Doesn't Build Wealth?
While cashflow is key to keep the property safely under control, I seem to find that the larger returns for our portfolio to date come from strategic growth of equity. My wife and I are still fairly small in our inves...
Corey M.
Landlord rights in regards to Military lease early termination
I purchased my 1st investment property from REI Nation last year and a major selling point to me was that the average tenant staying for ~5.5 years. This morning, after ~1.5 years, I was informed my tenant is termina...
Will Barnard
Validate the 50% rule
It has been agressively stated here on BP that operating expenses average 50% of gross rents. I have posted many times that while that may be true with some properties, it is not accurate or appropriate to use this pe...
Bryan Hancock
Still Waiting On Hyperinflation...
Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.
I renew...
Nikki Harmon
Wholesaler Misrepresented himself
I am in the midst of dealing with a wholesaler that has left a bad taste in my mouth for the wholesaling business, and am wondering if this is common practice.A little background: So, I'm trying to sell my house and ...
Douglas Gratz
What is the new construction process? Dig lot, pour concrete, etc
Hello, I am doing my first new construction and at first I was very confident, but no, not so much. A lot of my flips took longer than anticipated which resulted in me having to find money for the closing.I did! but ...