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My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...
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One trick we use sometime is take a water hose from the back of a washer machine... I carry one in my trunk (With a plunger). Go to the neighbor and offer them $10 cash to run a hose from their outside faucet to your ...
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Hey Everyone,
I'm considering lease options as a future investing strategy and am curious to hear others experience with it. Do the tenants often buy the house at the end of the deal? How long do most lease options g...
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Hey all! I'm not sure if I've come to a crossroads or a dead end in my real estate investing journey. My wife and I have been building our portfolio over the past few years via house hacking and we're at 17 units curr...
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Hey everyone!I'm currently in the process of purchasing my first property. This is a fully occupied 4 unit property in good condition. Each unit is a 2 bed 1 bath around 1,000 SQFT each. The current tenants are paying...
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http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-fannie-fredd...Read this article! Looks like Freddie/Fannie will be lowering down payment requirements as well as required Credit scores.Great idea morons, let's give more credit ...
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California has long been seeing people exiting, and I'd speculate that COVID will increase that trend. Especially as we see tech companies like Twitter, Square, and Facebook allowing Work From Home. I personally see...
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I am just starting to explore the turnkey option of investing, and right away, I am having serious doubts, because it doesnt make sense. It sounds too good ....If a turnkey outfit buys a distressed property at a disc...
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Seattle passed a bill that extends eviction protection for renters for 6 more months. So, basically you don’t have to pay rent for 6 months AFTER the city reopens. This could absolutely wipe out small time landlords l...
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Listening to all of the podcasts and reading the BP books / Rich Dad Poor Dad types makes it seem like building a portfolio and scaling smart could lead to early retirement and living on cash flow that ultimately repl...