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Recently I had the opportunity to speak with two investors, they are both in their 60’s and both of them have managed to create a great financial freedom for themselves and their families. I was really happy to have t...
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This may be a stupid question but I wanted to get some feedback from the community. We are rehabbing our third rental property and I have a handyman doing most of the work. One of the things I needed him to do wa...
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I just finished my pre licensing course to become a real estate sales agent. I am now aware of the need to budget money in between sales, to attempt to protect you from being broke. I currently work 2 jobs. Once I pas...
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The city, of course, is bad for investing. There's crime in every city I wouldn't touch with a 10' pole.
Have you not seen the appreciation numbers? Think it was 20% last year & 10% so far this year. Plus, the c...
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Context: I have bad credit. My fiancée has good credit. I have proof of income. She doesn’t work. We have 20k in savings, we’re ready to buy. Question: What would you do? How would you actually go about making this ha...
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When you decided to get into REI what was your why (your drive) to get into the business and succeed? Personally, my why is to past my knowledge on to others, specifically, those less fortunate and unsure of where the...
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I have been working toward a buying a house using a Realtor as my Buying Agent. Deal is supposed to close the end of this month January.Summarizing, I made it clear to MY $#@!ing Realtor that I did NOT want my deal t...
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Since out of state investors have infected my area and forced up property tax I can no longer afford to keep my rental. The tenants are very decent hard working great people who love the house but cannot, like most h...
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I’ve heard most investors say they wouldn’t pay any money upfront but then most contractors I’ve heard say they wouldn’t start work without a deposit. How do you come to an agreement where both sides feel comfortable...
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On Ally, their savings accounts are 1.75% right now. I was looking at their other products... why would anyone even consider a money market at 0.9%-1.0% and CDs that are <1.75%? Is there something I'm missing abo...