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Hi all, My wife and I just finished renovating our first property and turning it into a rental. We did it all ourselves and took a lot longer than expected...haha. I wanted to share the listing and get feedback from t...
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I work as a Travel Medicine provider but Chicago is my home. I would love to purchase a property and operate it as a short term rental while I'm gone but use it as a crash-pad every so often when I need to return to I...
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I'm all about the creative finance idea and have been doing a ton of research on it lately. I have a decent amount of equity in my house that I can tap for a down payment on a multi-family (ideally a 4 family). I have...
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For everyone who knows a lot about leases or is involved in shopping center investing I have a question,What’s the benefit of leasing a shopping center?
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Insane!!!
That’s the short answer about how my Senior Living Assisted Living journey is transpiring. I get a lot of people asking me about how our RAL business has been going and particular advice on specific topics....
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I was recently approached by a fellow investor who is looking to partner on a deal where he puts in all the money and I earn equity and cash flow by putting in sweat equity (running the property as a short term rental...
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Ok, so I read and loved Avery Carls “Short-Term Rental, Long-Term Wealth”. What other books does anyone suggest? I am a LTR owner, getting ready to move into the STR game. Would prefer newer books that are still relev...
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I found a sonic drive in with an 8% cap rate thats NNN. Its only a real estate purchase. The business is owned and operated by the renter.Does anyone here have experience with these investments? Pros/cons? Is it somet...
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So I purchase value add small multifamily and convert them to STR/MTR.My plan was to purchase them, repair the units, furnish all or most units, MTR/STR the units, cash flow like crazy, and then sell when I'm ready to...
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First off I need some help understanding financing on a 5 plex. I've read that I can't do a convention 30 year fixed on property with over 4 units? If I can't what options do I have and how much higher are the inter...