J Scott
Impact of Leverage on Cash-on-Cash Returns
In the spirit of truly understanding some important concepts behind investing decisions many of us are making, I wouldn't to start this thread...Basically, I was surprised at the information I'm about to provide (I di...
Andrew Olson
Renting both a primary home and a dadu
My wife and I are planning on building a dadu on our 5 acre property near Spokane wa and I’ve been trying to educate myself on all the possibilities and issues. When I break it down we will have 2 houses and we could ...
Simon Stahl
Morris invest - any insights?
Hi thereI came across morrisinvest.com the other day after listening to Claytons podcast. The whole idea sounds really reasonable, but I still would like to cover all my bases. Does anyone have any experience with the...
Conrad Martin
Can one investor change a whole town?
* Disclaimer: This post may belong in Real Estate Development *My family home is in a rural southern town that is depressed but sleepy - not too many crime or drug issues.My “vision board” plan is to renovate my famil...
Ben Leybovich
Car Wash - does anyone own?
Guys,Got a call from a banker. A set of several automated car washes is selling. If anyone owns some car washes, please chime in. Underwriting EBITDA and CF, and I'm starting to develop a basis for understanding, but ...
Joshua Dorkin
Share Details About Your Local Real Estate Club
I think that we can all help one another by sharing those things that we like and dislike about our local real estate clubs.
If you're a member of a local REI club, please share with us the following info:
1 - Gener...
Charlie Booth
Time to quit the day job? Purchased first rental.
Okay, please hear me out.
If you:
paid cash for a fixer-upper/soon-to-be rental (property one),
~$300k saved up,
a primary residence (property two) with only $230k left on the mortgage (low interest),
and ha...
Alex Shaughnessy
San Diego
Hello everyone. I am from San Diego CA, looking to soak up any and all info I can. Currently, I would say I am most interested in buy and hold strategy. With San Diego being so expensive to break into, I am excited to...
Zoe Mercier
Offer accepted but financing fell through even though preapproved
I got preapproved with a lender, submitted my offer and it was accepted. Now the lender is saying that they can't lend because the house cost is so low that the closing costs would violate the predatory lending Sectio...
Sam Booth
Short Term in Hawaii?
Anyone have advice about buying and short term renting a condo or apartment from a building? I see some deals that look decent and wondered if it's worth it and if the laws make it possible or a pain to short term ren...