Yongming Huang
Why are real estate agent commissions so high in the US?
I have watched several discussions, including David Greene's video, around the recent lawsuit against NAR and RE brokerages. Learned a lot but there is one thing I just don't understand. If we look at the numbers, the...
Brett Jurgens
Zillow ads climate risk insights, but too many people are ignoring the data
A sign of the times. Zillow is adding climate risk scores powered by First Street for every for-sale listing on its platform.
Another Zillow survey published in September 2023 found that 83% of home shoppers conside...
Rodney Lorenzo
The bad neighborhood I invested in may kill my investment
The urge to get into real estate pushed me to invest in a 6 unit building in a neighborhood that I didn't think was that bad. I thought, the cash flow could be good so why not. This was a year ago. Now, my PM is strug...
Charles Cline
2% rule
I was listening to the podcast where Josh and Brandon were talking about investing rules, the 2% rule seems rather unrealistic. Is anyone actually acheiving that?
Chris Lynch
Investing in low price homes (30k-60k) Out of state ?
I have been on the forums for awhile now and after some thought I have been thinking about this strategy. I would love feedback.In my state (RI) homes are about 180k on avg. Of course prices vary based on area. But e...
Vana G.
Why can't wholesalers just..?
This may be a really naive question but I haven't heard anyone answer this in the podcasts or the books I've read...
Why can't wholesalers just say they have a buyer and will be reassigning?
Wouldn't th...
Nathan Gesner
What Do You Think About "Good Cause" Evictions?
More markets are creating "Good Cause Eviction" laws designed to protect tenants from unfair evictions. Essentially, the landlord can only evict if the tenant violates specific requirements.What do you think? Are they...
Cody Evans
Real Estate Agents Will Be Obsolete Within 10 years?
I read a post recently on Bigger Pockets talking about agents being irrelevant because of technology by the year 2025. There were very conflicting opinions and I am hoping to see specific examples of technology that w...
Angie W.
Personal Safety While Being a Landlord
While most of us who invest in real estate (or anything really) understand the financial risks we are taking - how many of us really stop to think about the potential risk to our personal or families safety?
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Sadrud-Din Williams
Why Do 97% Of Real Estate Investors FAIL?
There's a lot of REAL Estate educational platforms out there promising to show you how to invest in real estate or flip houses, so why is it out of the hundreds of people that sign up for these seminars, these educati...