Vasily R.
Nothing in Seattle MFH house-hacking makes cashflow. Am I crazy?
I am working with two agents who showed me a bunch of MFH properties: mostly duplexes, some 4plexes. One in UW, many in Greenlake, some in Cap Hill/First Hill and a couple in West Seattle. My plan is to house-hack wit...
Ben Leybovich
Leverage Is Through the Roof!
Lenders are getting more and more aggressive in their underwriting - read this...I am researching a project and reached out to a friend who is working for a big lender. He confirmed - they are approving stuff that m...
Matthew McNeil
Are you willing to invest in RE appreciation with 2 caveats?
The context being today's market.Assumption: the new asset would be in addition to your existing positive cash flowing portfolio.Requirement: the new asset’s cashflow cannot be negative. It must at least break even a...
Jason Schmidt
can someone please explain this 50% rule to me?
I have heard from people on these boards that I can expect the operating expenses of the house I purchase to rent out would be about 50% of what I can get for it monthly. I could be misunderstanding it, but how is th...
Juan Rango
Rental properties seem worse than traditional investments
As an excited newbie, I have very little experience in real estate investing so at a meeting with my financial planner I asked about house hacking as a busy professional and he stated it would be a bad idea. This too...
Engelo Rumora
WTF is wrong with investors these days?
So I get investors reaching out to me everyday and it goes like this:"Hi, I know you offer turnkey properties and property management and am interested in the Toledo market, I don't want to buy turnkey but was hoping ...
Phil Sharp
Buy-and-hold philosophies: Cash flow vs Appreciation
On some other threads, there seems to be an underlying debate or difference in philosophy around buy-and-hold investment strategy: In one camp, the goal is to invest in high appreciation areas, even though they are h...
Tom J.
Morris Invest and Clayton Morris Review
I want to notify everyone and anyone that is currently looking at and considering a purchase of a property from Morris Invest. It is a scam. Don’t fall for the trap of the high returns. There is potentially a class a...
Kristian A moreno
Your house is not an asset..
My girlfrIend and I currently rent a 1/1 apartment In San Diego, CA for $1475 ($735 ish each) and I am saving up for my first deal. Considering the high prices in San Diego, should I buy a rental property first and ke...
Isi Nau
Appreciation = Speculation
This seems to be a widely held mantra here. If you buy in a high appreciation market, you're not investing, you are speculating. That's not something I have ever heard here in Hawaii. Probably because it's not true...