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Hey guys just joined the site, love it! Was wondering if you would suggest buying a house for yourself first vs renting Or buying a rental property first? If buying a home for yourself first would the bank let you bu...
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Hey guys!
I'm new to this place but read the forums and listen to the podcast daily. I am moving to Los Angeles in a few month because of my job. I'm looking into buying a house. My job will be on the west side clos...
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TLDR: I'm considering the decision whether to build an STR or to acquire a pre-existing property and convert it into an STR. Any thoughts are helpful. I'm considering two options for my first STR that I will own (I al...
I'm originally from Canada and still own a rental property there. I am looking to possibly buy more and curious to know what are the top Canadian markets to buy in right now for a cashflow buy and hold strategy and p...
Job situation currently:Quick background, running an IT business for 3 years now, makes about 150-250k gross per year, struggle to find the right employee to help so it takes my time m-f 8-5.
Location: Central Cal...
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Just finished listening to podcast #278 in which Charles Roberts was interviewed. He said he was a "boring" investor. I really connected with his style of buying and paying off real estate. (As opposed to flips or ...
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I was recently referred to LendingOne by a fellow investor and just wanted to share my experience thus far as I feel there's a lot of marketing bait and switch happening with lenders that advertise terms and loan stru...
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