Karen M.
Who are the renters?
Someone quoted a stat that 70% of people own their homes and 30% are renters.
Who are renters, and why do they rent?
I'll be honest that until a few years ago when I was reading a home decor blog (nesting place...
Levi Brackman
Thesis driven real estate investment strategies
I know several different methods to investing in real estate, such as Fix and Flipping and the BRRRR method. Many of these are driven by COC returns and yield. But does anyone have a thesis-driven approach? Such an ap...
Russell Brazil
All Of My Tenants Have Nicer Cars Than Me
I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...
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New credit report rules require 30 months of payment history
Just saw this story here: http://bit.ly/2d6Px2RThe gist of it is that beginning tomorrow Saturday 9/24/16 lenders will now consider a mortgage applicant's payment history over 30 months to determine their credit worth...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (Monday, June 14, 2021)
Economic Update
(Monday, June 14, 2021)
For a period of time between 2018 and the beginning of 2020, the “Real House Price Index” (which calculates inflation in the Housing Sector) was falling, because Americans’ bu...
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Non Real Estate but just as cool!
I've been debating with myself for quite some time now over my next toy/vehicle purchase.
One part of me says BMW 750 another says, grab that Caddy you've always wanted. I'm only 35 so I've faded out the Caddy, unti...
Cody Richard
Yearly home-buying with FHA loans ... what should I be aware of?
The owner-occupied FHA loan offered by the government is one that is extremely useful for new real estate investors to purchase multi-family homes. Recently, I've thought about the possibility of gradually growing my ...
Alphonso Clark
What do I need to know before buying a property at a tax auction?
I'm going to my first tax auction in Virginia in about 3 weeks and know nothing about tax sales. What due diligence should I do before I go? If I buy a property what should I expect afterwards? Any information would b...
Charlie Haa
If you had 300k to invest right now what would you do?
I feel like turnkey would be the easiest to quickly get cashflow and expand the portfolio. But I fear that it wouldn't be fast enough. Multifamily would allow you to invest more at once, but they are flying off the sh...
Kevin Akers
Conventional loan for duplex
Is it possible to get a conventional loan for a duplex? I am looking into buying one, but the lender is wanting 20% down because it is viewed as an investment property. I thought I heard you can get a conventional loa...