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Every day I spend some time in the morning getting up to speed on the latest state of the real estate market by reading various news outlets, listening to economists, looking at data around inflation/inventory/rates, ...
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Ok so I was having this debate with a local landlord and I’d like to hear your opinion…. You charge $25 for your application fee. You show the house to a nice couple and they want to apply but they don’t speak, read o...
Some investors get started slowly - a deal here, a deal there. But for Arianne Lemire, going slow was not an option. Arianne began investing just a year and a half ago but has already done fifteen deals, with more com...
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I own some acreage across the road from my home and would like to put 2 mobile homes on it (2 are allowed by Parish/County). The land is paid for and has a water well on it. The plan is to borrow money from a HML to...
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How big of a deal is it to buy a property to flip in a FEMA DFIRM zone A area? The Zone A area comes into the property, but not onto the structure itself. Is it difficult to unsure and sell such a property? Anything s...
I have a motivated seller in Maryland who is looking at possible foreclosure. I base my numbers on: (ARV x .65) - repairs = Max Offer. In this case: (285K x .65)-15K= (185K) - 15K = 170K max offer. Her mortgage bal = ...
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I know there are many people who like to get their feet wet with turnkey, but does anyone actually own ALL turnkeys? Does anyone own 30 turnkey properties? Can anyone actually speak up that owns nothing but turnkey an...
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Please read my post before answering willy nilly, but I was wondering why is everyone here so against paying for real estate educational information?
I will preface to say that there are quite a few hucksters...