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Im Rick and I'm a real estate investor from Cleveland Ohio. I invested for about 10 years doing wholesaling, flipping, lease options and some rentals. In 2007 when the market changed I took a break to work on other pr...
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Hello all,I have been a member of the site for awhile but just now getting around to an introduction.I'm fifty-six years old, have been researching owning rental properties for a few years after learning that a relati...
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So, I'm purchasing a property from another investor off market, and the agent is representing both sides of the deal. He had a seller who needed a buyer for his property and I came in as a buyer needing a property. Be...
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Here is the situation,My wife and I are at a point where we cannot buy/manage any additional properties. We are starting to look into paying off mortgages. The question is should we payoff the ones with the highest ...
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Hello BiggerPockets!I'm a 26 y/o second-year busy corporate lawyer in Charlotte, NC with a goal to invest in at least 10 cash-flowing buy/hold SFR properties in the next 5 years. I'd like to net at least $200 per SFR...
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Hey Everybody,Many people face this challenge. Should you pay off debt such as a car, credit card, or student loans first? Or should you take the same money and buy a cash flow income property? What would you do an...
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I'm very new to real estate investing, however, not new to psychology. I grew up in a family that puts a lot of value in material possession. It does the good of giving a goal to aim at. when we have a goal we will do...
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Can someone help me with some legal wording for our lease regarding discount for on time payments. We are charging no late fees, but if they are on time, giving a discount. We are upping the rent by $50 and then givin...
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This is just a theoretical that popped into my head, but for those markets where rents are relatively low, would it be reasonable to take on a tenant with the typical one month's security deposit, but in addition you ...
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I have 3 rental properties and trying to figure out which one I should pay off first. I want to accelerate the pay off and put any extra amount all towards one. Trying to figure out which makes the most sense. Can...