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I borrowed $120k from a family member to buy a primary residence for me and my family (I will pay him back $1k/m for the next 10 years, starting next month, or refinance if needed).Last night I was talking to my wife,...
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My 19,000th post and this is all I got. ;)https://time.com/6223185/airbn...A lot of people cashed out their equity (gained through pure luck) to purchase a short-term rental in unfamiliar markets that were over-priced...
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I'm interested in using this strategy for building my portfolio of buy and hold properties. For example, purchase a SFR for 50K cash, put in 20K for rehab costs (ARV of 100K), rent it out to a tenant for cashflow an...
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I've made my career in raising private capital and deploying it unleveraged into C class rental properties and recently for the last 3 years into Mobile Home Parks. Very conservative model that typically pays 12-15...
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Hello everyone, I am fairly new to the Real estate investing world, I have not gotten my first investment property yet although I have some knowledge on how to do it but I am stuck. Can anyone help me with some rules ...
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We just finished up one of our rehabs and as some of you may know, our company just recently adopted the green/energy efficient strategy. We've been rehabbing homes since 2011 but jumped onto the green scene when we r...
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Background: I'm an accredited investor with some cash I'd like to put to work in real estate. My goal is to build up passive income generating assets over the next 5-7 years to achieve financial freedom. Although I've...
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Hello,I am interested to hear from the landlords that have 40hr/week jobs. Specifically ones you can't break free from during the day. My goal is to replace my income with rental cash flow before I CONSIDER leaving my...
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Hello all!
I was born and raised in San Diego and now work here as a mechanical engineer in the defense industry. Growing up, the concept of "work hard in school, get a degree, and find a well paying job to work at f...
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I currently have a 1 bedroom 1 bath condo on the market. It's near Lake Merritt in Oakland. It was my primary residence (I moved and bought a different home). My listing expires on August 23. I had lots of showings an...