Tim Swedberg
What Motivates You To Be An Investor?
Hey all! I have been a lurker for quite some time have personal question.
My question is simple - what motivates you? Why do you do the investing thing, and how do you push through the really cruddy seasons of it?
I...
Charity Chavez
San Diego Bans Source of Income Discrimination - 3rd party payers
SAN DIEGO LANDLORDS! Are you aware you can't reject an applicant for having a 3rd party payer? As of August 2018 the City of San Diego has made it illegal to discriminate based on source of income.https://nlihc.org/ar...
Lazaro Dinh
Considering getting into the storage unit business
Does anyone have any information to share about buying, financing and managing storage units? I have never been introduced to this type of investment but it is interesting to me. I am not sure if they are all corporat...
Shay Kent
MLS listings that are 90+ days old: Gold mine, or run away?
So I was told to look for listings that are 90+ day's old, because the sellers should be motivated by that point. I've found some that are close to 150 day's on MLS. My question: Are these actual potential deals? My t...
Diane Tycangco
Zillow rent rate & appreciation projection reliable?
Hi everyone! Was wondering if the rent estimate Zillow puts at the bottom of the sale listing is reliable/realistic vs Rentometer? I notice that Rentometer's average and/or median is higher most of the time compared...
Account Closed
Non-Owner refi's
We are running into problems with our non-owner refi's. Example, borrower's middle FICO is 686 with absolutely no lates, has 8 mortgages on his report - this would be 9th, owned subject property for 12 months, full d...
Virginia Jones
Do you turn off a natural gas furnace in the summer?
One of our rentals has hot water heat powered by a natural gas furnace. The furnace has an automatic pilot light so it doesn't have a flame that needs to be lit. Would you leave it on in the months when it's not being...
Gabriel Romero
Local San Diego Wholesaler -- Question about Market Values!!
I am a new wholesaler in San Diego and I was wondering if any of the agents can tell me about finding what property values surrounding a potential investment should be. How can you find accurate, and I mean very accu...
Kyle Holsey
How to evaluate a good deal
Hi is there anywhere on bigger pockets that will teach you how to evaluate a good deal? if not does anyone know good books or resources that could teach me this? thanks in advance
Doug Bryant
Recent Experience with Do Hard Money
I have been doing research on hard money lenders and came across DHM. I see old mixed reviews where most are 2 to 3 years old. Does anyone have any recent experience with them? Have things changed from back then?