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Dustin Ruff Let's get real about starting out
19 August 2017 | 93 replies

There are so many positive stories about people starting their investment careers on here and online that aren't painting a completely accurate picture.

Most people are living paycheck to paycheck. The statistics on...

Thuy Pham-Satrappe Do you invest in high crime areas?
19 February 2024 | 145 replies

For those of you who actively choose to invest in high crime areas, what do you make sure to factor into your numbers? -higher vacancy-higher possibility of turnover -hiring a property management company with skill an...

Sid Franklin Chicago/Illinois Property Tax Hikes Making Me Jittery About Investing
15 December 2017 | 203 replies

Chicago is a hot market now but the State, County and City all have significant public employee pension and healthcare debt (that cannot be reduced except maybe in a bankruptcy).  Property taxes are already high, but ...

Dovid Staples Opendoor & Offerpad; What's Their Angle?
13 October 2019 | 154 replies

I haven't seen anything in the forums less than a year old about this, but here on phoenix I hear a commercial for Offerpad/Opendoor perhaps 4-5 times a day. Always kinda figured they must lowball quick cash offers an...

Robert Willard Is the shine wearing off on STR's?
24 August 2022 | 92 replies

I have been lurking around this site for a couple of years now.  In 2020 my wife and I were seriously considering doing a STR.  We picked Nashville as the market we wanted to pursue.  Long story short, the market was ...

Christopher Davis Analyzing homes on the market, numbers never work.
23 September 2019 | 121 replies

I get that BP is selling the sizzle a bit. I have been studying and studying. But no matter what, I simply cannot make the numbers work.
I am in a still-affordable-yet-booming metropolitan market in the southeast. Th...

Vincent Crane The massive Real Estate bubble that's happening again (with charts)
6 September 2020 | 102 replies

http://www.paragon-re.com/3_Recessions_2_Bubbles_a...Right now and for the next 2-4 years, doesn't look like a very good time to buy. Flipping in most major markets, definitely... But don't get left holding the bag wh...

Jason Merchey Ken McElroy Doesn't Do Apartments At This Point!
4 March 2020 | 69 replies

In a 2018 video, Ken McElroy said he doesn't do apartment investing anymore. Talked about how it is too hard to make them work with the low cap rates, and instead he builds from the ground up. He's obviously a big nam...

Owen Hogarth Here we go
8 September 2009 | 96 replies

I don't quite understand the american ideal sometimes; now here i go. i'm starting this because it was request, i understand we all come from different places and look at the same situations differently but please no ...

NIcholas Hamel Does Velocity Banking work????
27 July 2023 | 237 replies

Hey everyone ive been hearing about and researching VELOCITY BANKING alot lately. Seems too good to be true. Any of you experts have experience in this field and can confirm or deny? Thanks everyone!Nick