Is paying off debt or investing (and potentially using more debt) the best way to reach FIRE? The average American has $104,215 in mortgages, student loans, credit cards, and other debt. Where do YOU stand? If the end...
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Hello Everyone!
My wife and I are looking to start our journey on real estate investing. We are wanting to hit the ground running. We have a couple of roadblocks that we are trying to overcome. We are struggling to f...
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Which would you choose?
We have a small house that we are completely gutting. We will be changing the floor plan, redoing the plumbing and updating the electrical, so we can choose either gas or electric for ...
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Hey Guys,I'm trying to figure what I'm missing here. Do I go with the 2% rule on rents I hear all over BP or the 0.8% rule on rents from The Millionaire Real Estate Investor by Gary Keller? They give drastically dif...
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I am a relatively new investor and must admit I am really struggling with determining what a property is worth...I realize ultimately if the deal goes far enough we will need to do an appraisal and this will tell us t...
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Hi There,My husband and I just moved to Boston from Europe and would like to extend our real estate portfolio to the US. The market is completely new for us and we are currently looking for an investment property to s...
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Would love your ideas on new tenant welcome baskets! And ideally in the $25 range or so to not break the bank. These are $800/mo range rents.
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You called up a bunch of contractors for this property renovation, and hardly any of them returned your phone call.
There are several contractors that you meet, and they have sent you quotes. These quotes are all ove...
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Happy Saturday!For awhile now, I've had an idea in my mind that a boat/rv storage facility would be a great investment opportunity in our area. We have a wakeboat and know first hand how hard it is to get on the waiti...
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I’m looking for a way to document all basic and financial details of each deal we purchase (downpayment, how we funded it, lenders used, mortgage, interest rate, rent, cash flow, when it was purchased, partners includ...