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Not sure how many of you all have seen in the news, but New York is going full-on-socialist with expanding "tenant protections" across the entire state.NYC has had rent control for a while, from my understanding. But ...
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Carpet is so trashed that it may need to be replaced. They will shampoo as required by the lease before leaving for Texas (they even said so), but judging by the type and amount of stains on what was spotless carpet b...
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Applied for a 5/5 ARM with 10% down. But I didn’t qualify due to my debt-income ratio. I already own one SFR in Boise plus my primary residence here in Portland, Oregon. So if I could figure this out, I would own a se...
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Help me out, folks!I'm in the market for a vacation rental in Florida. Our winters get pretty cold so we intend to use it for shorter vacations right now but will eventually use it for working vacations (30 - 90 days ...
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So I had a windfall and can sort of "semi retire" with a part time low stress job. Part of me is considering buying more real estate though. I like the idea of being involved with and affecting the world. But the othe...
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Hello Pocketiers!
Another newbie from Milwaukee (a.k.a MILL-E-WAH-QUE according to Wayne's World:))
I am finally sending out my intro post after many months of reading and listening to the excellent podcasts and jus...
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So I just received a summon in the mail for an infraction 10 days earlier: the recycling was put out too early in the day. It appears to be for $110. I could pay it, or go to court and see what happens. I'm sure when...
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I'm giving my top 3 but feel free to give your top 3, 5, or 10.
1. @marcia Maynard
2. @Al Williamson
3. @ben Leybovich
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Sean Terry put together a program called Flip2Freedom academy, which is a video/mentoring version of his Flip2Freedom podcast. It's basically detailed step by step wholesaling with lots of motivation. There's not as...
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