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So my brother @Eli Garcia and I are working together on increasing note holdings between the 2 of us. 2 heads are better than 1 kind of thing. Any who, he bought one that's in Detroit, MI that was in foreclosure and...
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So it looks like the second wave of the virus is picking up throughout the US with certains states getting hit harder than others. Over the last couple days I've had two cancellations, and a handful more inquiries cha...
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In the last month or so I’ve received tenant applicants that would like to supply their own credit reports? I have always ran their credit report and charged them. I use my own company that I work with. I hate to los...
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The CARES act ends on June 21, 2021. Federally backed loans (FHA, VA) will resume payments and I’m sure many borrowers will default. Are we on the precipice of serious opportunity? Short sales, foreclosures? What stra...
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This morning the CDC extended the eviction moratorium through June 30, 2021. The first stipulation states the tenant is making best efforts to secure assistance. Given the $50B that congress has allocated to rent assi...
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Hi BP, I have been researching, reading and listening to everything I can find in REI for the last few months. I feel that settling on the plan to follow is the biggest hurdle. I am pretty sure I now understand my inv...
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Man this really gets me infuriated. Someone left this comment on a video I posted on another website about an eviction we did in Cleveland last year. This person moved to Italy where the landlord tenant laws are appar...
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I came across an interesting situation. It regards companies that offer turnkey solutions for investors. That is, investment properties that are already rehabbed, tenant-occupied, have property management in place, an...
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Rising interest rates have hurt everyone’s buying power (except cash buyers obviously), and inventory is locked up because nobody wants to move and give up their historically-low interest rate. Word on the street is ...
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As I continue to explore and prepare to be a REI I am finding people around me being very doubtful and advising against. The feedback is always about the headaches, constant tenant problems, constant repairs, evictio...