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Ami Sapir An American Nightmare
26 July 2017 | 157 replies

My name is Ami and I have made a pretty  big mess of things. Here are some details of my life:- Sales Manager of a sales team in the IT universe earning about $85k/yr- Wife has an office job paying her $60k/yr- We owe...

Tom Jensen Whole Life Insurance as a Foundation for Real Estate Investing
4 June 2024 | 221 replies

I’ve recently come across the concept of “personal banking” through “overfunding” whole life insurance policies and leveraging the cash value to buy assets.In theory it sounds like a can’t loose situation. You have a...

Drew Y. Its beginning to feel a lot like 2005 everywhere I look
9 June 2018 | 98 replies

So I have been watching the interest rates as they have begun to rise and the notional value of risk free treasuries and ten year treasury bonds are approaching 3% . Given that the CAP rates in the San Francisco bay a...

Robert Willard Is the shine wearing off on STR's?
24 August 2022 | 92 replies

I have been lurking around this site for a couple of years now.  In 2020 my wife and I were seriously considering doing a STR.  We picked Nashville as the market we wanted to pursue.  Long story short, the market was ...

Greg R. 1) Alarming amount of foreclosures? 2)Housing market SLOWING down
9 May 2022 | 71 replies

https://mortgageorb.com/forecl...Foreclosure filings are up 132% from a year ago. Yes, one hundred thirty-two percent... and the housing market is showing signs of slowing. On the first point... I'm wondering if the c...

Farakh Zaman Should I give up on buy and hold?
24 May 2017 | 133 replies

So we've spent the last 7 months looking at deals daily.  We have run the calculator on this site to the point I don't even need to think to put in the numbers...but literally nothing has panned out.  5 cities, 600+ p...

Alessandra Verbena Impact of War with Ukraine on U.S. Real Estate
8 March 2022 | 84 replies

Perhaps we will find out in the next couple of days one way or another if this will escalate further, what if Russia does invade Ukraine and the U.S. gets involved? Without going too deep, I am seeing speculation on a...

Jason H. How many RE investors are Architects?
28 May 2021 | 76 replies

I will start off by disclaiming that I cannot take credit for the idea behind this post.  I recently read and responded to a post initiated by @Adam Zach surveying all members wanting to see who in the real estate inv...

MarieChele Porter Renting to a violent felon?
22 January 2021 | 101 replies

Hey y'all,I know this post is going to seem so rookie to a lot of you but here we go I need your help... I had a potential tenant come by last week (alone) and fell in love with the property... It's not rented yet and...

Nik Moushon Deep Dive into Development of Duplex/Townhouse (New Construction)
16 December 2022 | 34 replies

Introduction
My intentions here is not to do a quick look at the numbers but a deep dive into the entire experience of doing my first development. I did break this down into sections so that you can skip to area of i...