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Hi there! I'm from Colorado. My wife & I are headed to Idaho in August. We are going to make our trip part business, part vacation. What areas are great for work/life as a young family, we will potentially move th...
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Hi everyone, I just purchased my first flipper last week. At least that's the idea. The house has a non-paying tenant. Because of this fact, I negotiated the price of the home extremely low. Here is the problem. The p...
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I found a brand new townhome in Kissimmee with luxury finishes, resort style amenities, the whole nine. The price is $435K and I was thinking of doing 20% down. This townhome is a 5 bed/ 4 bath with 2020 sqft so it's ...
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I cannot decide what percent of my cash to use as a downpayment, and how much to set aside for holding costs. I will be doing flips and have my credit line approved. I was thinking of using half of my cash as a downpa...
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In beginning my real estate investing journey I have been spending time looking at listings and trying to work out what my criteria should be for pulling the trigger on an investment property. For example having an IR...
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Hi all,I am in the process of buying a second home and today received some news that is annoying. So we have had the home inspection done and have a closing date in June. One of the deficiencies the home inspector not...
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Hi everyone, I have a lead who seems perfect on paper besides the bankruptcy in January 2016. She makes three times the rent though but is the bankruptcy a deal breaker?
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I have been visiting the Florida Panhandle (Destin, Sandestin, 30A, etc.) my whole life as we have family there and it is a good driveable distance for us to travel. Recently I've been thinking that if I'm going to i...
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I'm a first time investor. I have the opportunity to get into a lease option for a property that I'd ultimately like to buy & hold, but I'm trying to figure out the rehab financing. It's a distressed duplex goin...
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Which program do you prefer and why?