Chris Williams
Lay-of-the-Land in the Tacoma Area
Hey folks! I'm looking at one of two areas for a 2020 move - Vancouver and Tacoma. The former due to its growing nature & proximity to Portland; the latter due to the fact that it's not in Seattle!The plan: I plan...
Alex T.
Newbie from Boston
Hi,
I've been lurking the forums for a while, but haven't considered investing until now. I have no background in real estate (I've only been investing in stocks before), but I am familiar enough with how the...
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Do I need a license to broker private/hard money loans?
I heard that there is no license needed to broker private/ hard money loans, Is there any truth to this? I know that you don't need one in the commercial sector. Is there one needed in the residential hard mney sec...
J. Martin
Lifestyle Design - What is it and how does it impact you?
@Ali Boone , @Charles McNelly, and others have talked about lifestyle design, and how it fits into their real estate investing - or should I say, how their real estate investing fits into their lifestyle design. I've ...
Mindy Jensen
Flooding basement - what do you know about French Drains?
My neighbor's basement is flooding after some pretty heavy rain over the past week. They have called a basement guy out, who would solve the problem by jackhammering up the cement floor in the basement, digging a tren...
Rafael Norat
What's your WHY???
Shock, Anger, Denial, Depression, and Acceptance…These are the 5 stages people go through during a traumatic event.About 2 years ago, I had my traumatic event when a family member’s health took a serious turn for the ...
Joshua Dees
A fork in the road, tired of losing
Hello all!
I am writing from Wylie, Texas where I live with my wife and 3 kids. we recently moved from Dallas, to get away from the inner-city feel. My wife stays at home and homeschools our 3 kids. I used to work co...
Peter Tryon
Hard Money
Hey everyone, not sure if this is the best place for this question...
But I have a question about hard money lending. I've been researching some lenders in my area and most say they only give LTV of 75%. My question i...
Marcus Johnson
Is it financially better to own multiple properties or less?
Let me try to give a real world experience that may provide some conclusion as to whether or not owning more properties provides greater protection.I’m going to use a duplex that I purchased in city of South Minneapol...
Waverly Rennie
Ellicott City MD contractor charging >$300 sqft for rehab
Our architect has done a good job helping us draw up plans to rehab a wing of an 1880 property (including some tear down and re-creating) and suggested working with one of the three contractors he often uses. The cont...