Tony Sera
Effects of Institutional Investor Activity in the Dallas Fort Worth Market
Hello All - I'm a small time buy-n-hold investor from Dallas/Fort Worth. Got 4 rentals currently, all renting within the $1675-$2050 range, solid cash flow. My goal was to grow into 10 properties but the institutional...
Avery Rustad
Should Universities Create a Real Estate Investing Degree?
My thesis statement goes as follows: The University of Minnesota should offer a real estate investing degree that enables students to use a student loan to make a down payment on an investment property. A percentage o...
Bryan Gregory
Advice for first property
Hello! My name is Bryan and I’m looking to get my first property. I am currently in school and I just got married this last summer. Right now my wife and I are living in her parents basement to save money on rent. Ren...
Nathan Killebrew
Get an MBA or save my college fund?
I am currently a senior in college. I am in a bit of a personal dilemma. I could go to business school debt free. I have a college fund that I have not had to use thanks to various academic scholarships I have rece...
Gabriel Lopez
Is this an awful idea? Starting Young..
Good morning everyone, Here is my situation,TLDR: Should I use my heavily subsidized student loans, which may become grants if I complete a student program, as a means of getting started in real estate?I'm currently 2...
Jane Z.
Confused about Atlanta Rental Market
I have read lots of articles lately that those big hedge funds bought lots of SFR and converted them to rentals in Atlanta, which puts a lot of pressure on Atlanta rental markets. I totally agree with their analysi...
Zack Thiesen
What is a Millage Rate? (Property Tax Question)
I'm doing a deep dive on PA property taxes and how they work in different areas and came across Dauphin County's millage rates one-sheet for 2020. There is a number in the end column labeled "TOTAL" and an example at ...
Greg Powers
Hedge funds and property taxes
Just saw an interesting article in Bloomberg News: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-12-23/wall-street-landlord-loses-round-one-in-ohio-school-tax-fight.html
Apparently Magnetar bought up a bunch of homes i...
Kyle Mack
Tax incremental financing (TIF), why isn't this a bigger deal?
So my question/discussion is concerning Tax incremental financing (TIF), this seems to be a big pot of money in many areas. It seems many of the districts around the country start TIFs because there is a need to spur ...
Sid Franklin
Chicago Gentrification
Does anyone think that Chicago's record tax hikes and the possibility of a tax exemption for property's under $250K will lead to a new round of gentrification largely driven by Millenialls wanting to live in the City ...