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Start Small and make your big mistakes Early.
Deal breakers- market, finance, zoning, footings, road type, water/sewer availability, Storm sewers, Storm retention ponds. Everything else you can mess up and not get t...
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Hi every one, my name is Thai Tang from Elk Grove, California. I moved to California from Texas 5 years ago to pursue the fantasy of playing poker for a living, at first it was rough but then it was GREAT!! But recent...
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As a realtor I have access to the MLS and as one strategy to locate my first deal Im going to keep submitting offers until I get a hit. This will be time consuming and a lot of work however I am fully committed to thi...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $243,000
Cash invested: $20,000
Sale price: $349,999
I purchased this house in 2021 with the plans to remodel a...
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Our car loan is 30k. Mo. pymnt $550 w/$77 going to interest. We have 30k saved up to invest after our cash reserves. We are looking for our first rental property/cash flowing asset...Should we pay off the car and star...
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I am purchasing a Short term rental and would like to better understand the potential tax costs of having a self directed IRA vs a self directed 401K. I understand that the 401K is not subject to UBIT but I don't kno...
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I'm a recent addition to the community via the podcast - and like many of you here have the ambition of becoming financially independent (the sooner, the better!). Now, that I have a solid security fund on standby, an...
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Economic Update
(Yom Kippur Edition)
The second quarter of 2020 (April, May & June) was the mother of all economic contractions. Real GDP shrank at a 31.7% annual rate, the largest drop for any quarter since ...
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Disclaimer, this post is about a CAR, not real estate.
Talk me out of this: Used 2018 Tesla model 3. Was bought new at $61,000, 8000 miles, selling for only $47,000 (30% off).
What if: $10,000 down. $37,000 loan...
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Hello everyone, i have recently been looking online to practice putting the numbers together to see if the property will cash flow or not. It seems like most homes that have more than one unit in the area that I am lo...