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Hello all,
My name is T and I am a recent Masters graduate and during my last year of my masters I realized I would not get anywhere I wanted to be financially with architecture in the time I wanted. I also r...
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Hi Community!
Just started the path to REI. We bought our first home a few months ago. I work in the financial industry as a Data Analyst on a Marketing team. Very exciting if you are a numbers person or a demographi...
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I'm in the San Fernando Valley in the greater Los Angeles area and I'm curious how I should go about finding my first deal for a rehab and flip. Should I be starting to send out mailers, buying from wholesalers, an...
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One risk of wholesaling that is often mentioned is that it could be considered brokering real estate without a license. Is anyone aware of what the fines and penalties for brokering without a license might actually b...
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Have any questions about financing solutions for STR's? Please drop a question and I will be happy to answer, or point you in the direction of someone who can! Would be great to turn this into a useful thread for folk...
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This was a very slow year for us on flips. We did only 16. From 16 we only sold 14 and 2 were sold to rent to own tenants.Margins ranged from minus 3k on one :) to 23k on most profitable one.What are you guys making?
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Hola! I just dropped everything and drove across the US from Northern Virginia to live in LA and pursue a new job opportunity. I am a Government contractor in the IT field and now live in Venice where I am renting a r...
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I have been pursuing multiple strategies for flipping houses and being able to pursue my goal of restoring neighborhoods. Along this line of thinking my investors and I have been considering builder financed projects....
Greetings everyone!Does anybody invest in areas like Compton, Ca, Southside Chicago, Detriot, Albuquerque and areas that aren't exactly prime neighborhoods? Or would it be safer and more fiscally responsible to invest...
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So as someone who recently had a child, I'm looking for ways to put some money into an account set-up for my newborn that will hopefully grow over the years. Traditional CD's over below inflation rate interest rates,...