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I am renovating a 40 year old house and the HVAC system and electrical system are the original. Since my background is in Electronics and IT is this something I can tackle myself? I have a $20,000 budget and so far th...
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Besides looking at existing properties I've been researching modular/prefab build.
What I found so far, is that they are quicker and cheaper to build compared to conventional.
They also seem to be way more green!
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OK, Im going to run through a project here in its painful entirety - start to finish. I will figure out if I can post here efficiently so it is easy to follow along, text, images etc. I have all the material on my we...
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Hi There!My family and I have been thinking for a while to get a vacation property in the NH area. This year we are finally ready to pull the trigger. Our idea would be to use the home for about a month a year and tr...
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Hi All, just read this article about water resources being depleted for Las Vegas.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hoover-dams-lake-mead-hits-lowest-water-level-1930s-180978022/
Declining water levels ha...
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I am curious to hear anyones horror stories with rental arbitrage! Don't hold back, I want to hear anyones mistakes and try to learn something from them. Thanks for sharing!
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A fellow investor recently said to me, "I want a 60 year old renter because they're stuck in their ways and I want them to be stuck in my home." If this is the target renter, you'd have to have single-story homes with...
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I'll try to make this short, I'm about to venture into my first flip, property is $58000, rehab costs $50,000, arv $180,000. My liquid funds are extremely limited so finally I found a hard money lender that will fund ...
Hey everyone-been reading a lot on this site lately and would like to get your opinion on a potential house hack. This would be my first RE purchase, it's a duplex with 8 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. Pretty much all reno...
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I am a "Millennial" looking to invest in rental real estate and every time I talk to someone my age about my real estate investing goals they look at me like I'm insane! So that got me thinking, for a lot of Mellenni...