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I am currently serving in the Marine Corps and station overseas in southeast Aisa. I am quite new to the real estate game (meaning i have never done anything with real estate before) and have been doing research on it...
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2019 ForecastI attended the Utah Board of Realtors Forecast breakfast on Friday where James Woods, a U of U economist spoke on the fundamentals of the Salt Lake Market. Do you agree with his forecast?https://www.orig...
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Atlantic city seems to have the ingredients of a successful urban district. A train running from Philadelphia, the integration of more college satellite campuses, and the highest density of casinos and gambling on th...
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another newbie question, if you don't mind:
Why invest in real estate?
I can see the benefit if your tenant situation produces a net cash flow.
But if you don't have positive cash flow, when do you actually realize...
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I was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on how to calculate a relatively accurate 5 year rent growth for a market? I'm working through the "picking a market" worksheet and workshop, and there are no clear in...
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I’m 32 years old, and a full time teacher. My wife and I own two investment properties with $224k in equity that are currently cash flowing $800/mth after all expenses and after accounting for vacancy/maint/capex. Our...
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How did you all get to where you are today in real estate? Was it through building a business, working a 9-5 job (and in what), jumping right in and using other people’s money, etc? If you haven’t invested yet but you...
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What's a reasonable cash-on-cash Short Term Rental return with 7.5% rates nowadays? Feels like 12-15% is solid, while we expect to refinance in the years ahead at a point or two lower. Any strong opinions?
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When we purchased our 3 unit bldg together (newly married) in 2006, there not yet any red flags of the pending housing crash that reared its ugly head that very same fall. Some say 2008 but this part is not impt to t...