Jeff Kehl
Are Vacation Rentals ever cash flow positive?
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...
Jack B.
Stocks beat real estate over time?
I've been running the numbers and although real estate has been very attractive to me with leverage (I own 3 properties), running the numbers even with leverage real estate is not as attractive in the long run, becaus...
Sharad M.
Sub$30k - Property pictures
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K S.
My 100k house vs 100k in the S&P 500 (16 years later)
A turnkey home for 100k renting for 1k (1% rule) would net you worse than the stock market 16 years later. I went back through my 1099s and calculated my return and estimated closing costs, federal taxes, capital gain...
Jameson Hooton
Return on Investment Per Hour?
Hello!I'm new, and still working on understanding analyzing deals. One thing I wonder is if any investors here have calculated how much time they spend per deal, or how much time they spend on management and maintain...
Brant Hampton
6% real estate agent or $300 Flat Fee Transactional Broker?
I am about a week away from finishing a very larger rehab project and want to ask if its worth it to use a traditional listing agent or to go with a flat fee transactional broker? I understand that no matter what I w...
Shalom Afraimian
Sellers agent - a need or a rip-off ?
Lately I have started to list my properties by myself. When saying by myself I mean either a flat fee service or using a realtor that his name is on the listing but my number and email are there and all communications...
Golan Corshidi
Is investing based on appreciation a recipe for disaster?
One of the most common topics discussed on bigger pockets and other real estate forums is the decision between a property that cash flows and one that has the potential to appreciate. To take this further, I recently ...
Account Closed
Had no idea Californians were spiritual
It would be great to actually hear from people renting in the LA metro area regarding the affordability issues, income keeping pace with investor projected rent growth rates and trend in housing prices. Renters feeli...
Kevin Hill
This is Not the Real Estate Environment for Rookie Investors
I don't want to announce the sky is falling and be a Debbie Downer, but in my opinion, now is NOT the time to be investing in real estate for rookie investors, especially flips. I keep seeing a lot of posts from newbi...