Timothy W.
What if there is no housing "recovery"?
One of the things I always try to be conscientious to is herd mentality. Recognition of herd mentality and the pure luck of a well timed divorce kept me from investing in real estate in 2007 and waiting until 2008 wh...
James Sinclair
Wholesaling (Against the Law?)
I have not wholesaled a house and finding one that would make a acceptable deal, for a buyer, is very difficult in our area. I have done two fix and flips and they are a lot of work and a fair amount of risk as well....
Carlos Ptriawan
Are we the last generation of landlord ?
Especially @James Hamling , just read a market statistic and its mind blowing.The age of first time home buyer in California is now 49 years old, in 1980 it used to be 32 years old.In TX: 37 years old and FL is 42 ...
Bill Gulley
Sandy Hook
I'm a gun owner and I own "that" rifle and "those" magazines, but the Sandy Hook incident has changed my mind. It's not just guns, but guns are part of the picture and such needs to be addressed. I had teachers that h...
Daniel Bryant
Lets settle this once and for all..
A house in (random B class neighborhood) the midwest/south costs 100k and rents for 1200.00 a monthA house in (random B class neighborhood) NYC costs 800k and rents for 2500-4000 a month.Why on earth would anyone wan...
Mark Gruetzmacher
Mobile Home Park Thoughts
Hey everyone, I wanted to get some thoughts this from you guys. I usually just buy mobile / manufactured home and either fix and flip or use as buy and holds. I came across a lead today on a lady that was looking t...
Rochelle Duong
Newbie interested in out-of-state Investing
Hello there!I'm currently looking to get my foot in the door regarding investing out of state. I currently live in a very expensive market (Los Angeles, CA), and recently just paid off all my student loans, have a sta...
Matt Cianci
Long Distance Landlord - Avoiding Management Companies
We are a group of investors from NY, NY, TX looking to buy a duplex in FL. Many of the deals we evaluate are showing 7-8% cap rates, which works well for us, but once we stick a management company fee on there it is w...
Dion DePaoli
The Pain $ of Not Knowing - Contract For Deeds
I thought it would interesting to share some recent experience we have had with some of these instruments. To that extent, an illustration of the pain that can come with working with an instrument that is not the...
Nathan Gesner
I've learned my lesson with AirBnB rentals
So I rented an AirBnB property in Dallas. This was the third time I've used that platform to rent a property and each one has been an illegal rental. I'm done.The first one was in California three years ago. It had fi...