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Hi. I'm new to the RE investing world and am working on educating myself on real estate syndicates. In particular, how to best evaluate potential deals and the sponsors running those deals. This is from the perspectiv...
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Hello my fellow long-term buy & hold -ers. The more I listen and study (from various sources local & national), the more I hear the experts talking about an upcoming downturn in the market. Some folks have so...
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Have you heard of the expression "stupid money"? It is when a herd of investors or speculators seem to be overpaying for an asset.In my market in Cincinnati and I guess almost everywhere in the country, "stupid money"...
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Hey, I'm looking to start investing in real estate and a little unsure of where to start. I want to do long term buy and hold investing of rental properties so that I can have an additional stream of income at reti...
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I'm looking at more and more syndication investments, because it is a personal interest of mine.
And it really rubs me the wrong way when a syndicator puts together a deal in a way that has very little of their own ...
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The FED is slowing pace on rate hikes, the consumer is slowing and the economy is headed into a recession? These are all guesses at this point and some believe this will happen or is happening. If the FED eases with...
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Ok. I know there might be another post similar, I just cant find it. I have read everything that was told to me. I dont want to get stuck just studying. I would like to actually invest. I am looking at starting wit...
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Great news everyone!
http://www.housingwire.com/news/2013/04/26/lawmakers-fight-save-financing-manufactured-homes
p.s. For those who support this bill, here's a link if you'd like to write your representatives: htt...
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Hello BP,I am going to do this thread as a thank you to all the help I have recieved from others on this site, and I am hoping it will help others to see me go through this process.Intitial closing and lessons learned...