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All,
First post for me but from what I have read thus far, this forum is great.
I live and work in Massachusetts in the Financial Service industry and have amounted a small (>100k) in cash over the last couple of ...
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Hi all! I'm in process of closing on a 96k rental property and trying to decide btw 15 and 30 year mortgage. Below are numbers:Purchase price: 96,000Down payment: 20%Interest rate: 3.125% on 15 yr, 3.85 on 30 yrMont...
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The new year has arrived, so let's discuss one of the dead horse topic I see here time & time & time & time again -
I'M DOING MY RESEARCH AND HOPE TO PURCHASE SOMETHING WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR (OR TWO, OR 6...
Mind Blown: For the longest time many people have posted so many negative things about banks etc. Myself included..... then I thought about it: Why tf would I hate a partner with virtually an unlimited bank account? B...
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I'm a late newbie RE investor and only own a primary residence with a family of two kids. We have about 600k equity in our Bay Area,CA house with another 650K left to pay on our 2.5% refinanced mortgage. I also hav...
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Hey everyone, I wanted to get some thoughts this from you guys. I usually just buy mobile / manufactured home and either fix and flip or use as buy and holds. I came across a lead today on a lady that was looking t...
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Alright, so I've done some research into Whole Life Insurance and I think it has some awesome benefits. In my research though it seems to be pretty equal between the people who strongly advise against it and for it. O...
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Hi all,
I am a 26 yr old prospective real estate investor. I currently make about 65k-70k/yr at my W2 and have run a small mowing company for the last 7 years which makes me another 12k/yr. 2 years ago I discovered b...
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All,
I'm a young guy who hopes to get started investing in the next couple of years. My mindset (and my wife's) has always been to avoid debt like the plague. This of course creates a conflict when trying to use o...
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I'm totally new to Real Estate Investing. But after reading so many times that $100 a month profit is the goal, I'm left wondering how can this be good? By my estimation I'd need 40-50 houses to make a decent living...