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I have found what could possibly be a great starter investment house, or possibly not. I, of course, would want to see it in person, have it inspected, etc and do my due diligence before moving further. On the su...
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So I thought I'd share a little post on some of the lessons I've learned in the last year and a half. During that time span I have been involved in 22 flips throughout Tampa Bay as an investor, a developer, and an age...
Hello everyone! This is my first post to the forum now that I am finally a member (I've just been stalking the site for quite some time now). I am 26 and really excited about starting my journey in real estate investi...
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I live near the Portland Metro area and my goal with real estate is to buy and hold to build passive income to replace the income from my job. I currently do not own any rentals and only have experience buying two pe...
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I am fairly new to the world of real estate and I am still trying to learn the basics on how to start a house flip! How do you go about paying a contractor? If I do a rehab of $30,000 does the contractor take a percen...
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Your First Year as a Real Estate Investor:
From:
Matt H
South of the North Saskachewan River
Tuesday 5:37 a.m.
Dear Friend,
It's way too early to be up and writing to you...
But in a few hours I'll be working on s...
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This is my first rental and I thought I have found very good tenants...But I'm concerned about this list of "problems" I'm getting from my tenants. The lease started from beginning of April but tenants didn't actually...
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Hi there,I am a complete newbie to real estate investing but really want to rip the band aid off this year and get my first property. I currently live in Los Angeles, CA so purchasing a property with good cash flow do...
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My thesis statement goes as follows: The University of Minnesota should offer a real estate investing degree that enables students to use a student loan to make a down payment on an investment property. A percentage o...
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Hey all, My husband and I are in escrow on a place in Yucca Valley, CA (just west of Joshua Tree) that we plan on STRing. Has anyone submitted an application here recently? Or been approved? I'm looking over the appli...