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In July, US home prices declined by 0.1% month-over-month, representing the first drop in the Zillow Home Value Index since 2012. The upshot? Real Estate buyers in many markets have regained negotiating leverage.After...
In my life, I’ve been interested in different things to different degrees. Some deeply meaningful, some artificial, different topics, people, ideas… I’ve personally found seemingly unrelated interests I’ve had over my...
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Hello everyone! I am new to investing and am approaching my first deal. Before I make any moves, I would like to see what other investors think. I have been asking around and I am getting mixed thoughts about a real e...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $445,000
Cash invested: $68,000
Short Term Rental
How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate i...
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Hi guys,I recently had a water damage to the kitchen/living area of townhome which I was living in. That area has hardwood floors. I called insurance and the water mitigation and repairs were done on time. My insuranc...
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hello guys, I am in the process of buying 5 homes one will be my home & the other 4 will be for rentals. my question is lennar is offering 2% credit towards my closing costs if I use their lender. am I really gett...
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These are trends (some are already occurring, others may/may not happen) that we see and hear in the news more and more nowadays. Has anyone looked into these factors and see how it may affecting the housing/rental ma...
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Cost segregation has been a major player in tax strategies for real estate owners by reclassifying assets that have a shorter useful life and can be depreciated over 5, 7, and 15 years from the nonresidential or resid...
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I understand anything is possible, I know New York is one if the biggest most competitive cities out there. I want to know if it is even worth pursing wholesaling in New York (manhattan, Brooklyn, queens, Long Is...
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Wondering what others with experience in the Smokies consider "healthy" occupancy rates.
I heard on a YouTube video recently that for a market with around 30 day avg. lead time (I think Smokies is about 28), a health...