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Is it just me or are about 25% of all real estate investors, also engineers? As an Engineer myself I could be biased but curious if anyone has insight. I know folks usually have professional background like IT, accoun...
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Hey everyone,I am 20-years old at Temple University with 3 semesters left before I graduate. I recently decided to switch from studying/working in the IT industry to Real Estate. I have worked in a property management...
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Peter Harris, for those that don't know, is the co-author of Commercial Real estate for Dummies book. I have read it multiple times and I even watched all his videos on YouTube. One day I finally went to his websit...
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This question is one I pose to anyone who has an opinion on the topic. Obviously we're all here because we like something about the idea of REI and passive income. As the process goes, we find a "good deal" in some ar...
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For the last 15 years I have been answering questions from unknowledgeable wanna be investors who watched a guru on YouTube and now wants to know where to get the earnest money to tie up multi million dollar propertie...
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Female Property Investors/Landlords. I need your advice. If you are doing this on your own. By that, I mean, no male figure next to you that is your father, boyfriend, husband, brother, cousin. If you have none of the...
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First off, I’m a true believer in the saying “If you have a dream in life, you should seek and follow the path to obtain it!” In late 2006 we saw the real estate bubble come into play and wreak havoc on the housing in...
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I haven't seen a single deal in the city of atlanta that cashflows, and I've looked at about 200.
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Went to the building dept in my town today, I have some electrical work that needs to be completed in order to get a clean certificate of occupancy, anyway they said that i needed a licensed electrician to do all of ...
When purchasing real estate as a rental. Most of us will spend a considerable amount of time to insure that it cash flows. Not so many years ago I ran into investors that paid much less attention to cash flow and th...