John Widlacki
Grant Cardone said not to buy houses?!
So I was watching a live webinar on Facebook last night and caught the tail end of it, and Grant Cardone said not to buy houses that it's the worst time ever for it. Am I missing something? I am in the Chicagoland are...
Ryan McLaughlin
New Manayunk Flip - Philadelphia
Investment Info:
Single-family residence fix & flip investment.
Purchase price: $167,000
Cash invested: $49,000
This is a SFH flip I'm taking on with my wife and a parter in Manayunk, Philadelphi...
Muhammad Ahmad
House hacking law
So for house hacking I know a person needs to live in the property for at least one whole year before moving out.
Let’s say I house hack a property for which my cousin is going to pay for the down payment. In this si...
Lorenzo Prieto
Using 401k for Down Payment
Hello, I'm looking use my 401k to fund 3-5 percent down on my first house hack. I think realistically it would take me about a year or two to save enough money for a down payment and I'm eager to get in the real estat...
Emily C.
What are the downsides of renting by the room?
Background: I live an expensive market that would make it hard to achieve cash flow with traditional sfrs, so I'm considering investing in a larger sfr and renting out individual rooms with the common space being shar...
Michael Hawkins
My First Investment Property
My first real estate purchase ever was a single family residence in Tempe, Arizona when I was 22 years old. The house needed to be gutted due to age and cats....ugh!!! On closing day I was $150 short for closing, borr...
Bruce Mac
Homeowner's insurance tips for house-hack in San Francisco?
Just closing on a duplex in SF and need to figure out insurance. Looking for coverage tips and recommendations if you have any.Setting this up as a house-hack, will live in 1 unit and may AirBnB it up to allowable am...
Adam Harrison
Land Flipping Success
I have many land flipping successes I can share but this is just one of them.I ran into a motivated seller who had ten 5 acre properties in Colorado. These lots had several years of back taxes on them and the seller, ...
Yulyana Karpava
House Hacking in SF Bay Area or investing in cash flowing markets
Hi! We live in SF Bay Area (me, my husband and 2 kids) and renting an apartment. I am thinking what would be the best approach, is house hacking possible in South Bay or East Bay? Is it a good time to buy an owner-oc...
Sunny Er
Mortgage: Second/Vacation home -> Rental
Hi,
If I buy a home with a secondary/Vacation home mortgage how much time do I have to live in it before I can rent it out? Also:
1) What does it mean to live in a house: having utilities in my name? Not claiming an...