I’ve heard that people lose everything when they’re overleveraged. When would you say people lose their shirt in RE investing, when debt to equity ratios are to high or when their debt to cash reserve ratios are too h...

Hello, I am looking to buy my first property (most likely an investment fourplex), but just left my job to start a grad program. Prior to this, I had 2 years of good tax returns from 1 stable job as well as my side bu...

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Hey guys, I am looking into my first rental property in Chicago. I want to start the Stack method and house hack on my first property living in it for a year to get a FHA loan. So I found a real ...

I was doing some reading about the 2008 bubble burst of the real estate market in the book "The AfterShock Investor" by David Wiedmer. He explains the cause of the crash, which we should all know about anyway, but...

Backstory : we entered into a deal that guaranteed us payout over a year ago. We've tried to be patient because the guy we're doing the deal with ran into a bunch of permitting issues. But it's been 2 months since he'...

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My name is Umesh and I am a real estate investor in NC.
My wife and I own a Marriott timeshare in Las Vegas. We bought this about 13 years ago. We are trying to sell it but not getting...

I'm new to this world but dedicated to retire early on REI. I've been putting away a big chunk of my paycheck this past year to try to build up my savings for a first down payment but it's been a slow process! I live...

 Trying to wrap my head around the Chicago Southside sub market. Hoping to hear from folks who have invested there or professionals in that market for multi families.  Been doing some research and learned from some ar...

HiI'm in the middle of a 1031 exchange out of Cali and trying to minimize how much hassle i bring into my life with this "clawback law"  My thinking is this... can anyone confirm? If i leverage myself as much as possi...

Wonder if anyone has used this interesting strategy that I was kicking around Lets say you get a seller financing deal for 100,000, 30 year amortization, 8 year balloon @ 3% (balloon payment would be $81,829.19 after ...