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I’m looking to invest in Jamestown, NY. I did a lot of research regarding the area by looking up the employment, crime, real estate taxes, economic growth (or lack of) and connect with real estate investors. I don’t h...
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Hello all! My name is RJ, and my soon to be wife is Jamie. A little about us. We are both from and grew up in Slidell, LA. Neither of us work in real estate. Her in health insurance, and I in oil and gas. We have 5 ki...
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I come from healthy DNA stock. My maternal and paternal grandparents lived until their mid-90s. If I embrace F.I.R.E. at my age then I’m probably looking at 40 years until I die.
Reality check bullet points;
F.I....
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59 years old with 16 SFHs near Charlotte, NC. No debt (please don't beat me up regarding no use of leverage - I'm an old guy and just don't prefer debt at this point in my life). I do my own PM and set my rents aroun...
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Hi allI have been a plus member for about 3 years, this website is a great source of information , I hope this time , it will help me personally.This is my story:I am 56 years old, I have lived in NJ all my immigrant ...
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I have been away from the forums for a couple of weeks, so I thought I would post a quick update.
My wife and I had our first child. Anaya Samana was born on June 15th 2010.
As a financial counselor to many US Navy...
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I am 18 and currently a senior in highschool. I will soon be deciding what I want to do career wise whether that's going college or not. I am at a big fork in the road because I'm not sure if I should go to a universi...
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Hello everyone,Soon my wife and I will be signing our first purchase agreement with a closing date in July. It's a 1.5 acre lot with a mobile home on it. It will be a buy & hold. The buying condition is "as is." T...
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I have organized the rehab of two properties myself and plan to continue more in the future. I have also picked up a lot of side work with other property managers to keep money coming in. I decided to legitimize this ...
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Listening to the podcast 419 with Nir Eyal (awesome podcast by the way) we were encouraged to set aside 2 hours to unplug and just think with a pen and paper in hand and write down the things that come to our mind. We...