David Wong
Better to dive in or take a class costing 10,000 dollars
Hello Everyone, I have been having a hard debate with my girlfriend. She just went to a class that gave her the RE Basics. We do not have a house at this point in time, but we want to purchase a house soon. We have li...
Austin Smith
Tenants don't pay - My landlord journey may come to an end?
Hey all! I'm not sure if I've come to a crossroads or a dead end in my real estate investing journey. My wife and I have been building our portfolio over the past few years via house hacking and we're at 17 units curr...
Michael Baum
Lending on Short Term Rentals. What I discovered and confirmed.
Hey everyone. There has been a few posts about lending on STRs. Some have said that a working Short Term Rental is worth more than a similar comp in the same area based on that revenue.
I have said for years, along w...
Timothy W.
TSA Harassment again - this time of a mother who is following the TSA's printed rules.
Yet more TSA harassment. This time the harass a woman who requested her breast milk to be screened through the alternative screening methods that the TSA itself advertises. Well they aren't gonna stand for that kind o...
Gabriel Ehrlich
Million dollar opportunity
I have been approached by a family to help build a real estate business with them. They propose a 1 million dollar investment to begin with. If we are profitable the first year they will add another million, and this ...
Andrea Hewitt
Dealing with opinions of family and friends
One of the biggest psychological obstacles that I have come across since I began my investing life recently is the fear that is reflected off of my friends and family. They fear that we will fail in our investments an...
Elena Casey
URGENT ANALYSIS HELP!!!
Good morning,
I'm in analysis paralysis on pulling the trigger on my first two-unit investment property. Could you please help figure this out before I put in an offer this morning? Location is great for kids. 2 3-r...
Shane Clark
Buying a Home with an Old Foundation: Brick, Sandstone, Dirt
I am viewing duplexes in Massachusetts where we tend to have a lot of older homes. The properties in my price range all seem to have a common issue being that they are older (we're talking 1880's - 1910's) and Realto...
Peter Lee
Best way to purchase single family houses before they hit MLS?
My company is trying to purchase REO's individually before they hit the market. In my area, the houses on the lower end of the price range, i.e. sub 300k are being bid on fairly aggressively.
We are all cash buyers ...
Lloyd Segal
Economic Update (August 31 - September 4, 2020)
Economic Update
(Monday, August 31, 2020)
The US economy got crushed in the second quarter, with the worst decline in real GDP for any quarter since the Great Depression. However, the good news for real estate...