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Rich Ramirez 2% rule..is it still real?
5 May 2015 | 118 replies

I'm in Southern CA and realize, based on the Podcasts, that the 2% rule can still be found in the Midwest or perhaps FL. Since the market has picked back up, I'm wondering if it still exists...generally? Or have other...

Jeff Kehl Are Vacation Rentals ever cash flow positive?
30 June 2021 | 125 replies

I just finished reading Christine Karpinski's book 'How to Rent Vacation Properties by Owner' . The slant of it was that if you manage yourself and use portals like Airbnb, vrbo, etc. you can break even or even get po...

Ben McMahon Is this the end of the Traditional Real Estate Agent Era?
12 April 2020 | 76 replies

For years now, we have all known that a good portion of the traditional real estate agents job is unnecessary.  This is a heated topic for a lot of people particularly if you are an agent.  The best argument for the t...

Andrey Y. Help! Investing in Large Apartment Syndications and can't stop!
26 July 2018 | 65 replies

The last property I bought has been about 18 months ago. Due to getting into a bunch of new hobbies/interests which take up a good chunk of my free time, I have been putting my dollars bound for investments into large...

Michael Warinner I dropped out of college last week.
29 January 2019 | 205 replies

I’m 20, and I just dropped out of college to pursue RE full time. It’s not that I was bad at school- I had a 3.1 GPA heading into my junior year, but I just decided that since I have clarity on what I want in life, th...

Riley F. Appreciation - how to factor it in?
17 February 2015 | 223 replies

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

Ben Leybovich Does No-Money-Down Work...?!
7 April 2015 | 132 replies

OK.  So - unless you live under a rock, you've by now listened to Podcast 108 featuring Grant Cardone.  If you listen between the lines, and you don't have to dig too dip, Grant has nothing particularly nice to say ab...

Dan N. Why do people use LLC for "buy & hold" rentals that have mortgages?
17 July 2023 | 87 replies

I am confused on this topic and I would like some input. I am going to acquire a few long-term rentals over the next few years. All properties will be acquired with a mortgage. Initially, I was sure I was going to cre...

Nathan Gesner Small Landlords are choosing to sell
1 April 2021 | 132 replies

More Landlords are choosing to sell, and I can't blame them.https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/2...

John McKee Is anyone using all interest loans as a strategy?
26 January 2023 | 83 replies

I'm trying to retrain my brain on this kind of product compared to the traditional Principal and Interest.  My thought is why wouldn't I do an all interest 10 year loan at 4.99%?  Prepayment penalty is only the first ...