Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
Coming at you live from Nashville, TN.
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Just read an interesting article in the Washington Post about a home loan program that rolled out a couple weeks ago for low to moderate income home buyers. If there are any lenders out there spearheading this, please...

To start, I'm assuming a 4plex purchase price of $250,000, cash flow of $1k/month, an additional $1k/mo from personal income, and ~$14k starting funds. This would be the first purchase and bought using a VA loan @ 3.7...

I just saw this on a FB group. Thought I'd share for those that might ever need something like this. Thoughts on this? I almost needed it with my last guest.... :-)UNHAPPY GUEST response: Dear Guest, Home is where the...

Hey BP,I recently took over management of my short term rental. I'm thinking of ways to monetize the rental. My goal is to increase revenue by 10% through monetizing strategies such as late check out and things like t...

I think I have too much going on and I'm considering making a decision that's a little rash. I have a duplex which is generating a little over $1025.00 after mortgage and escrow. It's an hour and a half away. I work f...

Hey BP,My husband and I are 25 years old. Just bought our first house back last year and on a clear path to purchasing our next by the end of this year/early next year. We opened a Roth IRA but have yet to contribute....

I am building more storage units mostly for campers and boats. My current building has 14x50 units. I am building more 14x50 storage units with the doors facing the existing doors. What size should my aisles be? I wa...

Anyone bought NPN from Scott Carson ? He said his notes are for season investors and his mastermind group only at this time. Costs about $8997 to get into it.Any thoughts on this ?

Curious to see others portfolio diversification. Is it all real estate? If so different types of real estate as in commercial/ MF/SF/ mobile homes? Is some of your portfolio in stocks, bonds, etc? Also, how are you pr...