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I am relatively new to commercial real estate with 4 buildings under my belt in 3 years. So I am learning as I go and would love you to critique what I am about to say.In my 8 years of residential single family rental...
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So I am curious those of you with percentages to real estate assets versus buying businesses.The businesses tend to throw off really high cash flow but I only look to buy absentee owner type models where cash flow is ...
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Working full time while attempting to invest. If my goals are to leverage RE for financial freedom, should I still max out retirement accounts?
1. Roth 401k vs 401k?
2. Open a Roth IRA as well?
Trying to figure out...
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*This thread hasn't been written to instill fear or troll other investors!So I am a new investor in the market (in Pensacola, FL). Important to note, that even though I have a professional degree and make over $100k a...
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Reside in CA and considering buying a house for rental income in Memphis. I'm using the following link because that management company is used by the agent I'm dealing with.http://memphis.craigslist.org/search/apa?i...
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I recently attended a seminar where a popular TV couple was the sponsor. Now, before we get rants regarding the levels and $$ they ask to shell out for training etc...my interest in this post is targeted to understand...
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I have a applicant who's pretty eager to rent my place because several other places have already turned him down in favor of other applicants. I think the applicant has been looking for at least two months since he ha...
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Hi Everyone, Looking for your great advice and experience I'm working on acquiring a 4th rental and am concerned that a bank won't finance me because I'm already approaching the 45% DTI limit. I'm calculating this by ...
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Hi there!I have two multi-family rental properties and have come across this situation a couple times and have never found a solid answer to. Can anyone provide their insight?Situation: I own rental property in Califo...
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I am looking to set up a self directed IRA, and I've done quite a bit of reading on bigger pockets about it. I understand their is some risk, but I do like the additional investment options. I am trying to find a repu...