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If you've spoken with me for more than 10 minutes, you know I'm a big fan of STRs and AirBnB as both a host (SuperHost, in fact, nbd, just a celebrity here) and as a traveler. I find that STRs are a great way to ex...
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On this forum it’s obvious that most are either investing, or want to invest, in real estate. But I often wonder, of those who invest, how many are still pumping money into Roth’s, 401k’s, and the like? I wrestle with...
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Hi guys,So I hear often (Robert Kiyosaki, Trump, other rich etc) pay zero taxes legally.Lets say Kiyosaki's business "Rich Dad, poor dad, educational LLC" made 100K.The same LLC went and bought a rental house for 100K...
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New LP syndication investor here dipping my toes in and looking to do my first deal this spring. With compression between CAP rates and debt service due to interest rates rising to a much more normalized historical le...
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We had a conversation with a guy today and it went something like this:"Hey I saw you hauling some lumber the other day. Whatcha building?""We bought a rental house and I was fixing a safety hazard." (Concrete step at...
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After a chat with a friend of mine about how I am not satisfied with where my Real Estate knowledge currently is, I did some thinking and came up with a crazy (I feel) idea. I have nearly 40k in government student loa...
Thanks in advance for reading. I've been agonizing over this for months now, so I am hoping for some advice that may help me make the next best move (or not). In 2011, I purchased the home I grew up from in the Bay Ar...
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Last February, I refinanced my rentals in order to buy-out my ex. One of the properties has ground rent on it which I've never paid since the owner is missing/not active. My lender required me to start the process to ...
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I put an offer on a Homepath 4 bedroom home on Monday for $44,000, a $1000 less than the asking price. Also I asked seller to pay $2000 in closing costs. My realtor told me other buyers also made offers about the sa...
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Want to see if anyone has decided to move forward with installation of Ring doorbells at their apartment communities? And if so, did you have to mitigate any legal/privacy concerns for the other residents?The doorbell...