Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold strategies in high priced areas
I have lived in the San Francisco bay area for the last 15 or so years, and am anxious to start doing some buy-and-hold investing. However, it seems that price-to-rent ratios are solidly over 30 in my area, and gener...
Clayton Coombs
How to avoid taxes with primary income from flipping properties?
Hey guys, I've been a full time real estate agent for several years now and up until this year that has always been my primary income. However this year I focused more time flipping properties than selling real estate...
Steven S.
Does buying at a certain part of the year make more sense/$?
I have a lot of residential market data for California and recently put this together, quite shocking!Developer #1 & #2 are competitors who both buy projects at a 20% estimated return level. They do the same fix &...
Wei Jie Yang
New OOS investor looking for Turnkey. Help deciding company
Hi guys, I'm a new investor trying to find the and am trying to find the right turnkey company to work with. I think the most important thing about finding the right turnkey company is finding a great property manag...
Eric C.
Selling half a house to a significant other
Here is the situation. My 4 yr girlfriend and I are moving back to an area where I own a house outright. It is currently rented, and my intent if I kept it as a rental was to cash out the equity as it is worth about...
Lance Knapp
Is Now a Good Time To Invest? (First Time Buyer in LA, CA)
I have looked at 50-100 deals in my area of West Los Angeles. It is difficult to find properties that are cash flow positive after expenses and debt service. Basically, the deals do not look very attractive. I am curi...
Christina Tkacs
Can you truly get ahead by buying turn-key homes
I want to write the title in quotes because it's not like I had much of a strategy to start with. I bought a duplex and a turn-key SFH at a normal price for houses in the area. Both were conventional loans with 25% ...
Joseph Parker
Current deal just took a strange turn
Went under contract on a 5-unit office/retail property this past week. Was on the market for a year, few offers made but none good enough for seller to accept.Was able to talk seller into a lease with option (seller f...
Account Closed
Should I file for bankruptcy?
A couple disclaimers before I start:If you look through my profile and previous posts, you'll see that I am young (just turned 22), and also may believe I don't have the right mindset or maturity yet to start REI. Thi...