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Hi all. I live in San Diego, CA where everything is expensive. I want to start investing in real estate, so I put an offer in on a 1/1 condo that I could afford (awesome location, good size, needs some aesthetic upgra...
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Prepare yourself: this is a long post. I wrote this post for any newbies and for anyone with questions about the BRRRR process. I also wrote this to let you know about me and my process. Born and raised in Chicago Ill...
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Hey guys,When I started getting interested in Real Estate 6 years ago, I loved to hear stories of successful RE investors as it provided me with incredible motivation to become financially free and a full-time RE inve...
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As it becomes more prominent in the US it seems there should be a discussion on renting by the room. Yes, I'm aware that this has been done forever with student rentals, but I'm specifically talking about post-college...
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[b]I have made an offer on a property through a wholesaler. Is there any reason that we can't just close through the title company with the current owner and have the wholesaler paid from the owners proceeds. I would ...
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What's preferred: (1) High cash flow, but low chance of appreciation, OR (2) modest cash flow, but high chance of appreciation? I had a discussion last week with a fellow investor, and we were debating the merits of e...
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Zillow's stock data trend has relations with market trends. With current state of Zillow stock kinda indicates it's beginning of real estate market crash. Any insights, links, inside information?
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Just went to inspect some work and noticed they weren't using thinset to lay down the cement board under porcelain tile.
When I asked the contractor, he asked his flooring guy who had been doing tile for 25 ...
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How many of you have read a good portion of the health care bill?
I must admit, I coudn't sit and crack out 1000 or so pages of legal jargon at one sitting but, I did find a site with some bullet points, then I loc...
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Since they instituted a clause in their approval letter that says they will rescind the short sale transaction if the property is resold within 30 days . This is provision # 10 in their short sale approvals which is p...