Edward Pruett
$125K in cash, looking for advice...
Hello everyone! Looking for a bit of advice. I recently sold a shot term rental and was able to make a nice little profit! I'm looking to reinvest some of that profit and have a scenario that I'd like to run by the gr...
Paul McVey
Newbie in Central FL
Looking for advice... I am a newbie looking into potentially getting started/involved with REI which has fascinated me over the years, just never took the plunge. I have been in corporate america for ~ 40 years and ...
Stefanie Bergmann
pay more principal or take more cash flow?
I just made my first mortgage payment and am having some serious sticker shock when looking at the interest.why is it almost all interest? I cash flow very well on this, so could definitely afford to pay more towards ...
Ryan Stahr
What do you include in your ROI calculations?
I'm still running numbers on properties I can access via the MLS and a friend who is a realtor, just for practice. I then had my roommate look at my spreadsheets because he is a numbers guy and likes to play devil'...
Matthew McNeil
Might Warren Buffett's just published Annual Letter apply to us?
Takeaways from Buffet’s shareholders letter that was just published;1. “Warren Buffett bemoaned a lack of viable acquisition targets…” Ditto - harder to find viable deals on SFHs and MFs.2. “But I will never risk ge...
Jake Salisbury
Debt paydown vs. scaling
Hello all,Warning, this question has many parts. My girlfriend and I have been going back and forth on this question and would love to hear what the BP community thinks. Our goal is to have financial freedom, at leas...
Fred Stevenson
margin from brokerage account to prepay mortgage
Hey everyone, I have a checking account I use to manage my rentals and other business expenses. I have positive cashflow on all my rentals so my balance in this checking account is accumulating but earning zero intere...
David Sienema
Question about the time value of money (Frank Gallinelli)
Hello all,This is my first post on BP and I am excited to dive in. Thanks in advance to anyone who reads this or replies.I've been reading Frank Gallinelli's book What Every Real Estate Investor Needs to Know About Ca...
Babu Ramadoss
Why should we do 30 yr when compared to a 15-yr mortgage ?
Hi
I understand that people advice higher Cash ROIs to evaluate a rental (investment) property so that you will have cashflow. However, I am wondering why is it not a good option to go for short-term loan so that...
Kirsten Knighten
Wholesaling properties on Zillow
Ok I hava a question. I'm getting a property under contract, I'm planning on wholesaling to a cash buyer. The property is listed on Zillow. How do keep my cash buyer from seeing the original price of the property on...