Hello All, I've been reading on this site for a few months now trying to absorb as much info as I can and I've talked to a few people about wanting to get into real estate. I'd like to eventually get into bu...
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Evening Fellow Investors, As I am finishing up @Scott Trench's own Set For Life, I came to a section in the book under "Exploration of Financial Freedom" about The Safe Withdrawal Rate. I thought this section was fas...
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I was planning on getting a heloc to pay the 20% down payment on a fourplex. They got back to me and said its easier for them to just pay my mortgage off with the heloc to obtain the cash I want. Interest rate in this...
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What is your success rate on your direct mail campaigns? Please notice that I'm asking about success rate, not response rate. :)
How many pieces do you need to mail out to actually close on a deal?
I re...
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Essentially is as follows:New Lease Fee (one month’s rent) + Expected Missed Rent + “Refresh” Cash(Refresh Cash = the amount out of pocket to prepare the property for new tenants, after tenant deposit is spent)It look...
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Would it make sense if i get a family member to cash out refinance $250,000 on a fully pid 1 million dollar house and that i will assume the responsibility of the $1,400 monthly payment that comes with doing that? Has...
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Some very interesting data to share with you all on April rent collections across the US. One of the factors that particularly caught my attention was the impact of agriculture across several of the markets. In your e...
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Playing around with a compound interest calculator for the first time, its very exciting, and brought up a question on the correlation between net worth and rate of returns on real estate over a 30 year career. A few ...
My wife and I inherited a house 9 years ago with a value of 185k. We have been renting it out since then. The value is now 480k and I would like to take out a HELOC (or get a mortgage?) for the property and use that m...
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I am located in Austin, Texas and I see many opportunities in the area for investment.
Do you know what tax liabilities I will have with selling tiny houses? Is the Texas market strong enough for a niche market? Wh...