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I'm very new to this and have only recently started researching real estate investment, so please excuse my ignorance (as this post will probably be riddled with it). My childhood best friend and I are in the process ...
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Hi all, I have had some experience in small real estate investing but a friend of mine has approached me to start investing in short-term rentals. I am aware of the main differences and landscape but was just curious ...
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I don't know everything about bitcoin or crypto currencies but I have been keeping an eye on it over that last few years. I was first informed about bitcoin in 2013 when it hit 1000$ a coin I did a lot of studying fig...
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Hello Team, i am about to buy a property that is has very very strong smell inside. It looks like several cats were there for a long time. Unless I clean the smell, we cannot work there. Currently all the doors and wi...
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I had a good fine dining restaurant in a 3500sf space when we purchased the mixed use building (38 residential units upstairs, 3 office/retail and a restaurant on street level). The owner/chef got distracted and w...
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I figured this would be an interesting discussion to have. I am really excited to hear from the folks who are much older than I am on this one. As they say "you don't know what you don't know"
@Jay Hinrichs
@Russell...
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This is a little out of the box but I thought I would throw it out there anyways...
I feel a lot of times when people are going after their dreams of being a success in business and investing they often negle...
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We have been debating whether to jump into real estate and deal with tenants and all the other nuisances that comes with property ownership, when we have been happy making 20% in the stock market (and that's last year...