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I am a new aspiring real estate investor, who wants to specialize in Buy and Hold and other Rental Property Investing strategies. I have just started my journey, and I've read a good handful of some of the best books ...
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Let me start by qualifying the title of this post with a couple statements. First, I’m not talking about your neighborhood specifically, although given a long enough period the title is likely to be very close to app...
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I just moved out of my primary house, which I am converting to a rental. I hired a LifeStyles Unlimited (real estate investors club) recommended vendor from their magic vendor list. Regardless, it appears that this ...
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I'm going to skip right over pointing out that in 1997 Obama said Bush was wrong in referring to Iran as a nuclear threat. We all know Obama will say anything and won't get called on it to verify it so that's a pointl...
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There is a new green modular company out of hemet, ca. S2A Modular Went thru their presentation yesterday. Just wanted to see if anyone else has looked into them. Supposedly they can build a custom or one of their pr...
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How do you know if a given Market is Overvalued or not? Anyone?
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I built a rental portfolio of 127 units and soon to double in the next year. I've experienced a little bit of everything: wholesaling, flips, single family rentals, multi family rentals, office, commercial, developme...
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Today we sent our investors a special update on the impact of Coronavirus to the Las Vegas market. I thought it would be helpful to share it here.
There are multiple canceled events and conferences. Hotel occupancy i...
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2019/02/21/multifamily-outlook-and-the-interest-rate-conundrum-in-2019/amp/Interesting article regarding Multifamily into 2019. Sounds bullish on Sunbelt Multifamil...
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I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...