Danielle Fraser
House with termite damage - how to still move forward?
Hello all,We have our first house under contract. It is located in Mount pleasant and we got it offered at a great price. The house has a older roof and AC but we factored that in with the offer.During the CL100 we id...
Rob Brown
Real Estate Investors: How much do you invest in stocks/bonds?
I've been a real estate investor and broker since I was 19 years old I'm 38 now. Ive always had 95% ++ of my investable assets in real estate... mostly residential real estate, apartments, and shopping centers. I neve...
David Krulac
Tony Robbins says NO to Real Estate....
On his current cross country tour, "The Burning Down The House Tour", no that's not the right name, that's somebody else's tour; its the "All Weather Tour"; says that real estate should NOT be part of your investment ...
Phillip Austin
TREND - PM companies offering financial assistance for security deposit down payments
As a professional property manager, I'm coming across an interesting trend related to institutions providing financial assistance for tenants who have trouble paying their security deposit and I would love to hear fee...
Lewis A Martinez
Sell or hold negative cash flow
I never intended to become a landlord. Bought house new for 300K in 2006 at the height of the real estate boom. Refinanced in 2012 on a 20 year loan at 4% through HARP. House now worth 240K. I now owe about 160K o...
Bob Romano
Wait for rates to go down?
Due to the bond market going crazy the last few days, within 24hrs my rate on a SFH investment house went from 4.375% to 5.5% !!!! I did not lock in yet. It is an increase of $120 per month. The question I have is sho...
Emily Smith
Today’s mortgage rates
Rates on 30-year mortgages rose for a third straight week, striking the highest level in eight months and the30-year, fixed-rate mortgages averaged 6.42 percent and the rates on 15-year, fixed-rate mortgages, a well-...
Steve Rozenberg
Working With Vendors and Contractors
Who gets license and insurance Information on vendors working on their property?
Ron Cooper
Best places to invest cash between deals
I have been trying to find places to put extra cash between deals, while building reserves, or when I have a large rehab budget but won't need the cash for a few months. Stocks are out since I don't want to have to s...
Dylan Bond
Looking for local investors
Is anyone looking for another person to talk real estate to, or need an accountability partner? Id like to find an investor around St. Charles/St. Louis that is looking for another friend basically! I don’t have many ...