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Okay, so I built a brand new home in 2013. Before I even broke ground my home was appraised at $161,000 on paper. I made some major modifications and some huge upgrades to my blueprint. I now have a new metal building...
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Hello everyone, Like most investers right now I'm trying to do a Cashout Refi. I've spoken to about 5 lenders and I've gotten a vast amount of responses to my attempt to Refi. Some lenders have told me that they are...
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Hey Everyone,I listed my first short term rental in beginning of this month. I’ve had one guest so far. I’m excited to get started and host more guests! All feedback (good, bad, or indifferent) is welcome and apprecia...
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I am upset with a landlord, who is playing it by the book. And maybe I am taking my job as an agent to personal, but this did cost me some sleep last night. I wrote an offer for a new client last weekend on a very nic...
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Hey All,
I'm closing soon on a new, and my first, investment property and had planned on using cozy as a means to screen tenants and to collect rents. However, it looks like they've been cannibalized by apartments(do...
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Hello investors,
I am Canadian and our housing market here in Ontario is so unaffordable the numbers mostly don't make sense as rentals. Therefore I'm now looking to start investing in RE in the U.S - prefer neighb...
Thanks in advance.
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After looking back on the past couple of years and reading similar stories, I wanted to share some of my story.In mid-2014 I was turning 30, had recently changed positions and was beginning to realize that my financia...
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Daggone it, I went an pulled the trigger. Wifey and I went to the Loveland/Ft. Collins area last week and found a pretty nice patio home for more than a bit under market. BTW, that market looks very soft to me.
It's ...
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Hey everyone! I've posted a couple times here and lurked a lot more over the years and now that I've made the jump from potential real estate investor to actual real estate investor, I wanted to contribute some storie...