Mark S.
The Great Equalizer for Texas? Property Tax Assessments
As an active investor in the DFW area, mostly Collin, Dallas, and Grayson counties I am often asked if we are in a bubble. My answer is no, at least at the moment. The reason I say this is my day job is a mortgage l...
Paul B.
Why are there so many ex-engineers in REI?
I've been a landlord since 2008, but only about six months ago did I decide I wanted to get more serious about real estate investing. I'm an engineer by day, which is why every time I hear an investor or a guru say th...
Spencer Cornelia
How I Bought the Most Efficient House Hack in America [Part 4]
Challenge: If you can find a house hack in America with better numbers than what I’m going to present to you, please share.My ability to purchase this house all began with my first real estate purchase, my condo next ...
John Carbone
Smoky mountains dry well
I just came across this new listing, the well went dry and they are selling for cash. On the surface this seems to be the only thing wrong with the property. It seems like it’s selling at an over 50 percent discount b...
Daniel Ben-Hur
Buying a home every 2 years, renting the previous home out, and repeating, good idea?
My and my soon to be wife both graduated college at the same time and we make a combined $150k/year ($75k each) We are still living at home with our parents to save money, and we want to build wealth in real estate. W...
Harry Williams
How often do you reconcile and record expenses?
Do record expenses and organize receipts as they come in, at the end of the week or month? Currently, I am doing them in excel as they come in but this proves to eat up a lot of time, sporadically throughout the day.
Scott Trench
Are You Giving Your Syndicator A "Free Spin"?
I'm looking at more and more syndication investments, because it is a personal interest of mine.
And it really rubs me the wrong way when a syndicator puts together a deal in a way that has very little of their own ...
Brandon Coleman
I’m 22 years old with around $40,000 to invest.
What steps would you take if you were in my shoes to start and build a portfolio? I’m interested in buy and hold properties, and I am just curious as to what some more experienced investors would do if they were in my...
Jeremy Williams
investing in Europe?
Does anyone invest outside of the US? Specifically Europe? (I've seen some people do Mexico and south america) I can get my dual citizenship in Germany so I've pondered the idea since I may move there one day.
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Fred Stevenson
what to do after you've used up your ten fannie and freddy loans?
So for those investors that have accumulated 20 + homes, I'm curious how you continued to get your financing after you used up your ten personal loans. Did you start using commercial loans to buy your properties afte...