Hello all, my name is Chad Justice and I'm from the Lexington area in central Kentucky.  I haven't yet made any real estate investments beyond my own personal residence, but I've been interested in real estate for mos...

So I finally got my courage up to jump into real estate, got my pre-approval done. Found a nice house that I was about to make an offer on to start house hacking, and then life came around and gave me a sucker punch t...

Even though Net Present Value is used mainly in financial management I think it is probably the best ratio/calculation for analyzing a real estate deal. Unfortunately in Real Estate Analysis people usually use mainly ...

Key Points:

-Keep the utilities in your name and bill back to the long-term tenants.
-Hire out lawn care and snow removal... or DIY.
-Insurance costs will decrease when transitioning from homeow...

Long time reader first time poster. I am debating between building an ADU in our backyard or buying an investment property out of state. We have an external garage that we could build a small ADU, 350-400sq ft, on t...

Hello, my name is Damon Fairbairn. I'm a disabled 20 year old man just looking to provide for my future. I have seen how helpful people are on this site. I've also been reading peoples questions and stories. Here's to...

My wife hates MH's but for $4,000 who cares...lol  I put an ad on CL for $285/month  and had 9 phone calls by 2pm.   The MH is an older model and is in fair condition.   The value is really in the land though.  I coul...

Hello all. Newbie Here!

I am looking at a property that I would definitely like to make an offer on. From what I have supposedly heard from the agent, the seller is extremely stiff on the price. The house ...

My husband and I are thinking of using a 401K loan as a down payment on our first multi-family rental property. We may or may not live in it as well. We both work full time and we'd like to use all of the cashflow to ...

This is more of a theory question. In stock investing there is an investment strategy called sector investing. The theory goes as the economy moves from expansion to contraction and back again, there are certain secto...