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There are only a few remaining markets where real estate investors can get double-digit returns on rental property. There are even fewer markets where you can get high cash flow AND high appreciation. Thankfully, we k...
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Hey all!
I’m a relatively new investor & I was talking to some buddies and they basically told me to avoid single family like the plague because if one person leaves you’re at 100% vacancy.
What do you guys thin...
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I invest in real estate for fun, but it turns out I am pretty good at it. I have stopped investing in the USA and started investing internationally, but everyone single one of my properties performs. Part luck, part e...
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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...
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I just finished cleaning out a property that was damaged because of pets. Now I put a stiff penalty in the lease for bringing unauthorized animals on or into the property. Tenants signed lease Feb 1st. Now, 6 weeks...
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Unfortunately, it seems that this Government wants to take away any kind of Debt Financing of either Business or Home.It's pretty much in the Republican Tax Reform policy that they are pushing ahead. What's even more ...
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Cap rate is a common and important measurement in real estate investing, but it seems I see it misused more often than not.
Cap rate is an income measurement only. It is a measurement of the annual net operating inc...
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We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR. But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...
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As a business owner already, I have seen many say, "You are so young, how did you start?" "Where did you get the funds to do it?" or "Where did you learn what you know about business?"I answer all the questions as hon...