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Background on myself:I am a real estate investor from NYC. I'm attracted to the growth of the Austin, San Antonio, and Fort-Worth markets and I'm strongly considering adding any of these as my next out of state market...
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Realize this is more of an investment forum, but we have been looking for a home in the Fort Myers area for the past year. We are looking for a higher end property with gulf access (canal) or at least fairly close to...
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Newbie investor here. My husband and I are getting ready to start the BRRR strategy to buy and hold 1 or 2 properties a year. We have limited experience: we own and have managed and 4 Plex for a year.
Is it worth it...
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It's been a while since I've been in the forums, I've been working on building my speaking business, I also recently launched my podcast as well. While doing these other things I have still been cold calling and searc...
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I figure this is as good of place as any to ask this question. Is there any benefit or downside to buying through an agent or the owner?I have been looking at properties on various sites and have noticed that when on...
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I was told by my funds managing company that the company I work for won't let me do a self directed ira, is that true or did I get bad info?
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Hello,I have a 401k with 30k in it. I can take a loan out from it for 15k for 5-10 years. The interest rate is 3.5% which gets paid back into my account. So the question is, should I take out the loan on my 401K to he...
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I have heard it both ways for investors...do Not get your real estate license because you are held to a higher standard, more disclosures, etc. And Get you license. You have access to MLS yourself, training regarding ...
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I'm a newbie investor, and thought it would make sense to get my real estate license, hoping to save myself a lot of commissions on the future. I'm located in Utah, and I'm wondering how this effects wholesaling deals...
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hi my name is Jasmine I'm a beginner at wholesaling I have 3 buyers and no leads I got banned signs up but no leads are calling and I don't have money for yellow letters I need some advice on how to get leads