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I'm new to the real estate scene, and I saw this interesting video on getting a very quick initial estimate on rehab costs as you're considering a bunch of deals.https://youtu.be/EtCDWoJVtOEIs what they're saying fair...
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I’ve mentioned over the past few years to be careful how you pump and promote short term rentals to people in search of real estate. As I said before, when people take loses, they file lawsuits at anyone associated.Di...
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I'm evaluating my first potential income property. I have a few questions about the percentages most of you use? Specifically- repairs, capital expenditures, property management. Also future assumptions- Income, Prope...
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Hi, I'm Ken. I'm a former real estate investor with the goal of getting back into investing again. I'm currently living in Los Angeles.Just to quickly tell you my horror story with RE investing....Back in 2006-2007, I...
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I recently bought a rental property in Texas that had an occupying tenant, with 2 months left on her current lease agreement. I was notified after I purchased the property and after I agreed to let the tenant renew th...
I've heard stories about liens being place against properties the day before or even the day of a trustee auction. How can we protect ourselves from this?I have to say, I'm surprised placing liens that late is even le...
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Being too involved in the work on my own flips has always been an issue for me. I was doing the tile backsplash on this flip Wednesday the 15th of this month figured after grouting Thursday and putting in appliances a...
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Ok here is the long story and any feedback that can help would be most appreciated. I was approached a couple weeks ago from a partner on 4 8 unit buildings. Long story short there use to be 2 owners and one passed a...
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Hello! My name is Joshua & my wife is Natsuko. We are Chibi Moku and travel around the country in our RV filming architectural stories and documentaries.We joined this forum because a lot of our work revolves arou...
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Hello everyone,My story comes out of North Jersey where it seems that being a landlord is becoming more and more of a nerve-racking stroke-causing endeavor. My parents have owned and operated a 3 family house out of P...