Collin Sparks
Financing questions from a beginner
Let me start by giving some background information. I have been researching real estate investing and am in the process of starting a LLC. I have owned a landscape installation company for 9 years. This company genera...
Manuel Savorelli
Looking to invest but...
I'm not quite decided on what niche to select. My current career requires me to travel for work from time to time and I really enjoy the flexibility it provides. However, I'm aware that to invest in RE, one must be ...
Jeff Rabinowitz
What is Success? How Did You Know When You Got There?
When I scroll through this forum I see lots of stories about the first deal or the tenth. The profit on this deal, the addition of a new unit. Turning a bad deal into a good one. Those are often wonderful stories and ...
Donald Crockett
PayPal, Make It Stop!
Against my better judgment honored a tenant request to make rent payments via papal. The tenant has been a model tenant for over 5 years. Never any problems. The request was made 2 months ago. Now, I am, for the first...
Bryan Hancock
Is There Value In Having So Many Intermediaries Between Borrowers and The Secondary Market For Mortgages?
Fannie and Freddie are obviously doing a terrible job of assessing risk for borrowers with their mounds of prescribed paperwork. Apparently the Danes allow borrowers to access loans via the secondary market directly w...
Bobby Narinov
How to deal with problematic renters
I bet everyone has one of those renters that are constantly causing problems. The ones That are constantly complaining about anything:The rent is too high (but never move out)There is a toxic mold in my house.(Maybe i...
James Dandiu
Who should be responsible for negotiating?
Selling my home and currently in the due diligence period. I sent my agent a list of all the items and notes of what my contractor and I were planning on doing to address the items called out in the inspection, and if...
Nicholas Varner
Decisiveness and Diversification
"After studying over 500 millionaires, including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford, and Charles M. Schwab, journalist and author Napoleon Hill found that they shared a single quality: Decisiveness," writes Kathleen Elkins o...
Carlos Castellanos
Cost per sq ft (SoCal)
For those of you So Cal Flippers/Rehabbers doing fix/flip in LA County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, I had a friend give me the following numbers and wanted to hear feedback from others who are "in it" reg...
Matt Koury
Refinancing & Positive Cash Flow
Hi Guys!
I need some clarity on something. Upon analyzing a few potential deals, I noticed that the properties won't cash flow positively after refinance which makes me think I'm going wrong somewhere.
If a property...