Mark Ferguson
I bought a Lamborghini!
This has been a goal of mine for a while. On fathers day I took shipment of a 1999 Lamborghini Diablo. It is more awesome that I thought it would be!The full story is here including what I paid for it. http://inves...
Robert Kough
Water leak from meter to house. Does owner or tenant pay?
Ok so there was a water leak about 5 feet from the meter outside of the home. The tenant notified me of the leak 27 Jan and it was fixed 3 Feb. I spoke with the water company and the leak began during the billing cy...
Robert Quiroz
Buying with cash vs financing
Hello All,I will have around $1M in capital that I'm looking to generate 8-10% CoC returns for the purpose of replacing active income. I've decided to go the financing route to protect the value of that $1M against i...
James Park
Prospective Tenant was turned off by thorough tenant screening process
This is the first time listing the rental property as an agent representing myself. I almost went through an eviction on my last property in Chicago and wanted to be extremely cautious when screening a prospective ten...
Christian Hwang
Advice for a New Out of State Flipper
Hi everyone. I'm currently flipping properties in my backyard (SoCal) and have the liquidity to fund multiple projects. However, I enjoy the more operational side of flips and would like to grow my business out of sta...
J. B.
Tenant damage; low remodel bid; high remodel costs... Now what?
Age 40. Owner of a singe-family rental homePurchase price 15 years ago: $200,000 (zero down payment)Current value: $400,000+Current mortgage: 20-year fixed with 19 years remaining @ 2.875%Seeking advice and opinion...
Alexander Knox
Success in Rental Arbitrage
Hi all,
I am curious about how people are successfully operating rental arbitrage businesses. I own multiple rentals in the south/mid west and recently I was approached by an aspiring arbitrager to lease out one of m...
Kai Van Leuven
When will Real Estate Fail?
I spent a few years in the mid west in little towns that mined lead. At one time, the real estate investors there probably thought “we use lead for everything, no way it could fail as a commodity. If I hold onto this ...
Nick Brubaker
Best Buy-And-Hold Markets Long Term
Hi everyone! I am from Atlanta, Georgia, but have been living in Asia (currently Tokyo) for the past 7 years. I and my wife plan to move to the US around the end of this year at which point I'm planning to start a c...
Brett Jurgens
Zillow ads climate risk insights, but too many people are ignoring the data
A sign of the times. Zillow is adding climate risk scores powered by First Street for every for-sale listing on its platform.
Another Zillow survey published in September 2023 found that 83% of home shoppers conside...