David Lao
Depreciation to offset W2 income
This is a hypothetical situation. Billy has a day job earning $100,000 per year in California. He wants to build a real estate empire in his local market as the king of residential real estate (1-4 units). What value ...
Brian Hood
The "Infinite Return" BRRRR is BS
I love the BRRRR approach, but why isn't anyone factoring in their time into their ROI? Even if you have $0 in the deal, you may still have dozens of hours (or more) invested into finding the deal, buying the property...
Michael Greenberg
What is the true value of your own STR website?
Sorry this is long winded, but I hope it's of interest to many of us and can start a thread of suggestions and input. A recent post by @Mike Neubauer got me thinking about the value of my own STR website. I've had a...
Sal M.
Cash out advice on rental property
I own a SFR in Union city, CA. Its market value is 1.1Million. I have a 30 year fixed mortgage at 3.375% on it. Outstanding balance is 470k. I have been renting it out in the range of 3500 to 3900 per month for past 5...
Sheldon Peart
Multifamily Valuation Help Request
Hello, I am looking for some help/guidance from some experienced investors that are good at valuing a property. My fiancé and I just finished paying off her large med school school debt, and we put a suite in our hous...
Hannah Walker
Do we buy in SF or stick with rent control and get investments
Hi there
My husband and I have been trying to buy in SF and its pretty intense out there! Beginning to wonder if we are smart to stick with our rent controlled apartment (3 bed $3750) and use our cash to buy rental ...
Perry Luo
Question about setting about fund for investors house flips
Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and new to real estate house flipping. My friends and I (one is an broker, another is an engineer/construction) are starting a real estate investment company. We want to set up a fun...
Johnson H.
Buy & Hold Exit Strategy
As someone who dabbles in day trading once in awhile, I always set my exit strategy before going into a position, taking gains or losses at predetermined prices without (much) emotion in order to profit or cut my loss...
Or Y.
15y vs. 30y strategy - convince me i'm wrong
Hello everyone,First things first - I'd like to thank all of the contributors to this forum, your advices and inputs taught me *A LOT* - so I'm grateful for that.TL;DR: For a new RE investor with a good starting point...
Ramy Man
Cashflow in NoVA Area
I am looking to get into the Real Estate market with a buy and hold strategy but finding it difficult to find deals that will have a good cashflow. What are people's cashflow around the Northern Virginia area?Are ther...