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Chris Gawlik People think we're nuts
6 September 2020 | 86 replies

Hey everyone. We are selling our primary residence and moving into a travel trailer behind my parents house.  We live in one of the nicest neighborhoods in town. I have a family of 6.  A kid in high school and all the...

Rob Lawrence Do you think it matters if you use a 5% or 6% commission?
21 August 2017 | 46 replies

I am currently selling my house, and I have a 5% commission on it.  My realtor says that maybe I am not getting as many people coming or an offer because of my commission percentage.  In you experience, do you think i...

Alex Silang How do RE empires typically collapse?
23 March 2014 | 42 replies

1) Not keeping enough reserves. Big expense hits and owner cannot handle it

2) Fix/flip - unforseen repair needed. Too many deals go bad.

I'm curious to hear how RE empires go down during recessions.

Steven Blanton Help---PML wants 80%-20% split!!!
2 February 2016 | 25 replies

Hi,I am a new investor and actively looking for deals.  I have researched some of the HML's and didnt' really like to percentage of "skin in the game" that is required upfront.  So, I decided to go the PML route.  I a...

Daniel A. Excessive Profits. How much is too much?
16 November 2010 | 25 replies

I am starting this topic to open a dialogue regarding acceptable investor returns. What I mean by acceptable investor returns is as follows:

THE TOPIC:

At what point is the investor being greedy?

I will use the ex...

Mari Waters What Would You Consider Some Good Rules for a New HOA?
20 May 2010 | 22 replies

Good evening all. We are a pretty new HOA and we are having a meeting of the membership to determine some sort of criteria for the CC&R's. There are no specifics about what members can and cannot do, so we're gett...

Patrick Menefee Small victory-first property (4plex) finally under contract!
26 July 2019 | 23 replies

This is just the start of my journey, both for this property and for my REI career, but I learned a lot in the long time it took me to get this property under contract. Want to share what I learned along the way in th...

Tyler Zwart Value of estate agents ?
19 August 2020 | 21 replies

Hi Guys, I have this crazy idea to sell houses without estate agents. There are numerous benefits to this other then the obviously huge financial benefits as an agents commission on average of 5% is not needed to be p...

Sara Walters First deal stuck in probate…
19 April 2022 | 28 replies

Hi all - I’m in the midst of my first deal and have hit a snag. I have an accepted offer on a distressed single family home in East Texas. My realtor had learned from the listing agent that the owner of the home had p...