David Carl Lindahl
Landlord vs. Property Manager: The Myths and the Truth
Landlord and property manager: I’ve been there
When I’m in need of some amusement, I’ll occasionally browse through real estate investing forums to see what’s being discussed. I often will leave with a sort of pitifu...
Ross Renjilian
Architect + Development
Just wanted give this forum post thing a try! I am an avid listener of the podcast and decided to jump onto the forums.I am a local architect here in Chicago specializing in residential and small scale commercial / ho...
Craig Shrimpton
What should I target as a risk adjusted rate of return?
All,I know this is a difficult question and depends on each investor's needs, but I'm looking for general guidelines for comparing REIT investments to actual real estate.If I can get a nominal 7.7 ROR investing in a b...
Tom Owiti
Section 8 housing
Does anyone have experience with or know about Section 8 housing and properties? Looking at a MF property and I noticed that some current tenants are section 8 tenants.
David Li
Real estate horror story, need some advice
Hello everyone. So last year I bought a 7 units apt for 1.06 million dollars. Everything looks great on paper. Bought it with 3% seller financing on a 8% cap. What could go wrong right? Only thing is I didn’t check wi...
Andrew Eaton
High End SF Bay Area Flip - Risk-Return Opinions
I am negotiating the purchase of a well located home on the SF peninsula. As it stands, it is a 2BR 1.5BA, 1,020SF home on a 5,000 SF lot. It is currently a rental that needs some TLC.Purchase price will be approx. ...
Alice Green
condos are risky
Condos come with a little bit of more risk and the reason for that is that they are tied to the other properties in the existing neighborhood because when you talk about a condo complex, every single unit is typically...
Scott Trench
Purchasing a small Office Building
Hi Folks - I am fishing for more advice from the experts in the forums here.
I am getting increasingly serious about purchasing an office building here in Denver in the next few months.
My rationale:
- Office is...
Mikel Graham
What did I do wrong? Comps vs. Appraisal
Hello Everyone,
I'm working on trying to close my first deal in wholesaling. I've managed to get a REO property under contract. I used the comps that my real estate agent provided to me in a CMA to calculate the AR...
Ron K.
Pull the plug?
I am under contract to buy a bank foreclosure that was built as a duplex but was made into a single family. I could close a few walls and it would be a duplex again (plus other work to rehab). The problem: The hous...