Who knew living for free could be as simple as house hacking and renting rooms out to a few college friends? Today’s guest was able to generate enough monthly income from his first real estate deal to cover his mortga...
2023’s insurance market is bad. Really bad. “As bad as I’ve ever seen,” says Insurance Office of America’s Robert J. Hamilton. He’s never seen home and multifamily insurance prices as high as today. But, he has good r...
Nate Shields and Troy Zimmerman had a straightforward goal: get to one hundred rental units in ten years. Now, near the halfway mark, Nate and Troy have made almost unbelievable progress in a real estate market most i...
Finding off-market real estate deals can be a great way to kick off your investing career, as it requires very little money to get started. The catch? You must be willing to get your hands dirty.
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When done well, home renovations can help you make a SERIOUS profit on your properties. Whether it’s a simple fix or a complex rehab, having a few systems and processes in place will go a long way toward ensuring your...
Fannie Mae is predicting a serious change in the multifamily real estate market. Ever since interest rates began to rise, multifamily has been on a downward spiral. Higher rates made profits fall, and as a result, buy...
“Glamping” investments have slowly become massive money-makers in the real estate industry. What used to be someone setting up a tent and potentially a portable toilet for guests looking to get into nature has now bec...
Back in 2004, Jude Bernard was sitting at a blackjack table in Vegas. This wasn’t his first game of the day, nor his second, or even his third. Jude had been sitting at that blackjack table for thirty hours straight. ...
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What are you doing or seeing that effectively addresses racial disparity in home ownership/ lending/ generational wealth?Hopefully this is a fairly straightforward question about a heavy and complex topic! It's well ...
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I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...