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I like sfh's more then apartments. Am i crazy? Seems to me at least in my area its a better business model.
Example so i looked at i thought was a steal for a 5 unit for $60,000 but in a bad area. It would cashflow ...
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I once heard a defintion of "Financial Freedom" that changed my life. The definition went like this;
"FINANCIAL FREEDOM happens when your wants and your needs are exceeded by your passive income."
Once I heard that...
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Hello folks! Thanks in advance for any help. My first few weeks as an investor have been exciting to say the least!I took a contract assignment and closed on this SFR Jan 16. The prior lease had expired back in Nov. H...
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The property management company I work with in Michigan wants to charge me $250 for a renewal of a lease. I have two other PMs in another State and they don't even charge me for this. Is this common? It's just resigni...
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Hi All. I'm purchasing a property where the old liens of the previous owners are still showing up as open. They should have been paid in full (and discharged of record) when my seller originally purchased the property...
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I went to a REI club meeting earlier this week, and the vast majority of the meeting was spent listening to other members' success stories from throughout the year. We were able to hear what other investors have done...
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Currently I use Self Directed IRA custodians (Pensco and others) to be able to use my IRA funds for investment in Secured Notes. At times it becomes a time consuming effort to deploy funds to a deal.
I am s...
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Hi everyone,BP newbie and first post in the forums. I live in Orange County, CA and am looking to buy my first buy-and-hold rental property. I've been looking outside of Southern California as I have not been able to ...
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When should you pay a contractor? Should you pay them in increments, with a deposit in the beginning, again midway through the project and lastly once the project is complete? Or is there a better way to protect both ...
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So I received notice that I am being sued by our last tenant in Racine Wisconsin.
The back story is that I had a property management company taking care of the single family property but I was notified about issue...