Erin Spradlin
Women are more risk-averse as investors
Women are more risk-averse as investors, and while this is often blamed on a lack of financial literacy, the issue is more one of confidence, not competence: 45% of women with $1 million in investible assets were deem...
Aaron Linden
Tenants Parents Checking in
Hey everyone,I just had a tenants mother call me (1:00AM) concerned about her sons health as they live 9 hours away. Let's shorten the storyline to say he has had several open heart surgeries (although none recently) ...
Candace McCutcheon
Cash or Accrual Accounting?
I have read from several sources that RE investors MUST use the cash accounting method. Our CPA says this is not true. If the state is important, we are in SC. Can anyone confirm this one way or another? To give i...
Account Closed
Paying off Rental Properties
What are some of the pros and cons of paying off the mortgages of a few of your rental properties? Thanks!
Charlotte Dunford
Broker playing mind game with me?
Have you ever been under contract, and doing your due diligence, and you find a bunch of problems. You ask for a concession, but the seller's broker keeps telling you that they don't really care if you back out becaus...
Mark Beekman
Is building possible according to this geological survey???
I'm looking to build a single family home (or put up a mobile home) on a flat .34 acre residential lot in PA.Some background:There used to be a house on the lot, built in the 1960s, that suffered settling issues due t...
David Piqueira
Creating LLCs to Invest in Paper
I understand that a lot of people prefer to structure their rental entities as LLCs to provide added liability protection. This can be mostly useful in the event of a tenant injuring themselves and trying to sue, as l...
Daniel Pitta
How legally binding is a promissory note ?
I have a good friend who is a GC and investor here in the DC area. Long story short, he’s able to locate offmarket deals and uses private lenders to help fund the rehab costs, in exchange for a percentage of the profi...
AJ Wong
Top 8 Tips for Short Term Rental Investment on the Oregon Coast
- Permitting. Permitting. Permitting.
One of the reasons I moved to the Oregon Coast from southern California in 2018 was due to the notable difference in the barrier to investment entry and the non existence of sho...
Jordan Fujan
DSCR loans BRRR
I've currently been shopping around banks for a DSCR loan on a BRRR. I've now had 4 banks get back and say they only offer up to 25 year amortization and 5 year rate terms. They can do around %8 on the loan. When i fi...