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I've owned (2) rental townhomes for 8 years - I've used a property manager and I've never once had any problems. However - - now, this won't just be a 'side' investment, I am out of my lifelong business career - - a...
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I thought I had heard another investor say that the two rules were basically the same thing. Maybe I misunderstood, but if not could someone explain how they are the same thing??? And also, the 2% rule seems to work...
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Morning, Just wanted to get some opinions on how you all feel about buy & holds in college towns. I view these properties as MF even though they are technically SF. However, when renting to college students you ar...
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As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against. The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...
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Hello, everyone! I have been reading like a mad man, and I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of financing, renting, selling, controlling the properties you buy and a variety of other techniques and investm...
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Quick rundown of the scenario: I bought a house outright 1 year ago to fix/flip. At that time I had excellent credit. I paid cash for the house and used credit to pay for the fixing. 1 year later the house is done, bu...
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I contacted one of my mentors after not talking for almost year while I built up some capital. Which a year ago he told me I needed to save more before I jumped into real estate. When I talked to him today he advised ...
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Inspired by similar posts about turnkey companies, I wanted to share every step of my experience with TexasTurnkeyProperties.com, which offers turnkey properties in the Houston area. I purchased one side of a duplex ...
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Greetings,How much and what type of information is a property manager allowed to share with a landlord? Very best,Paul
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Thinking on withdraw most of my 401K account (no longer employed with that company) and invest in RE property. I have over 100K, also have lost over 10K in the past 13 months. Just want to have more control of my mo...