Jason Malabute
the hardest part of BRRRR
Last November, I did my first rehab deal (BRRRR). I got it for $40k I put $30k in rehab and we thought it would appraised for $80k based on surrounding properties. The appraisal came back at $56k. I tried to challenge...
Evan O'Brien
Calcualating Rental Income from STR’s
When you’re calculating the potential rental income for a STR property is there a specific approach to take? Recently I’ve tried estimating daily rates to charge for STR’s using the enemy method (estimating the daily ...
Joshua Dorkin
IBM's Watson, Jeopardy, and the future of AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Who else has been fascinated by IBM's Watson computer on Jeopardy? I'm amazed at how far AI has come. Sure, it isn't perfect, as we saw yesterday when it answered Toronto to a question about a city in the US, but t...
Minna Reid
Upcoming Housing Crash?
I ran into this video which mirrors a lot of my thoughts about what's about to happen. IMO I think it will take a little longer then he predicts, but otherwise this seems spot on. Thoughts?https://youtu.be/ZFXObY99bXg...
Cynthia Garcia
Advice for new investor looking in the Ohio market
Hello, my name is Cynthia and I'm a rookie real estate investor. I'm based in California but looking to buy in Ohio, primarily looking at Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus. I am interested in properties in the 80k-11...
Eric Lilly
Is IRR still relevant for smaller investors?
Hey Everyone!
Currently reading "What every real estate investor needs to know about cash flow" by Frank Gallinelli. Fantastic so far! I actually understand what IRR is! Been practicing running the numbers on some du...
Anthony Logorz
Direct mail vs skip trace
I know this is comparing apples to oranges. But Would you guys say at first it is better to invest money in direct mail marketing or skip tracing software? Please elaborate your answer and explain why previous experie...
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Repair Values and After Repair Value
Good afternoon everyone,
I have a question...
I have found what I believe to be a good investment property. The asking price is $229K. I have an accepted offer of $215K. The comps for this property show a house that...
Austin Luepkes
The next market carsh
Okay, so as we all know the stock market has been on winning spree for quite some time now. With all time highs across the board, one can see why there is a bit of a fear that stock prices will come crashing down even...
Jason Ling
Machine learning and Real Estate Investing
Big question - why hasn't anyone applied data science and machine learning in the real estate domain?With the recent (7 years?) advances in natural language processing, image recognition and the validation of various ...