Andrew Cobb
How do I convince my wife?
My wife is not too keen in investing in real estate, she just wants me to stay in the army and depend on them untill I reach retirement. How can I convince her to agree with me about investing in real estate, also h...
David Lewis
Term vs Whole Life Insurance (detailed tabular values and more)
Do you want to know more about whole life insurance, and how it compares to other investment/savings strategies? Want to see if whole life insurance makes sense IN ADDITION to real estate investing? Have questions abo...
Dave Kennedy
Profit Margin for rental???
I am wondering what is considered a "good" profit margin from a rental?
Its obvious you want to be making profit...the more the better. But is there a bench mark that expereinced and successful investors make? Are we...
Marty M.
Very Long Introduction From NC
Hello!
I have been lurking for a couple of months, so I thought it was a good time to finally introduce myself. I live in Fayetteville, NC. I spent eight years as an infantryman in the Army and then went into correc...
Preston L'Ecuyer
Check My Numbers - Rental Property - DFW
Hello All,I would humbly ask for someone to double check my numbers on a potential deal I am working on. (Sorry if this is not the proper thread, this is my first post, other than new member post).Details:Not on MLSAr...
Mindy Jensen
House Flips hit 10-yr high! What do you think about the market?
Was anyone flipping houses back in 2008? I got caught mid-flip and my projected returns were cut in half when I finally sold.Fast forward to today, and flips made up more than 6% of home sales last year, according to...
Account Closed
Is A College Degree Worthless These Days???
So many people are graduating college every year with tens of thousands of dollars of debt. Many of these graduates are having a hard time finding jobs that pay 50K+. It doesn't make sense to me to "invest" all of thi...
Keith Saunders
Major Banks Forging Ownership Documents
Just saw a story on 60 minutes about several very large banks manufacturing ownership documents. All related to mortgage forclosures in the past several years. It appears they can not come up with the real title of ow...
Tim Silvers
Flippers Priced Out of Market Now?
An alternate title for my post could be 'Flippers and the Law of Diminishing Spreads'!
I am in the Las Vegas market and am running up against the same issues I am repeatedly hearing for other markets in that the ...
Tom Bukacek
Influencing the BPO
I was on a webinar about short sales recently when the speaker stated that he does not attend nor try to influence the BPO. He rationale is that he feels that if he tries to negatively impact the price of the apprais...