Akshar Deri
Landlord Insurance is too high
HII have bought a condo in Powders Spring GA for only 65K but my Landlord insurance has come to around $900 with travelers. I am using same company for my Current home and Auto. I have tried couple of other companies,...
Andrew Frisch
Direct Mail Buying Process
I've been searching for my first house hack property here in Binghamton NY for over a year now through the traditional realtor/MLS and have had little luck. In my frustration, I've begun to explore the direct mail mar...
Roger S.
Taxes are pricing me out.
Just got property tax statements today. Most of the houses went up a few thousand to maybe 7 thousand, which is bad enough, but I have one house that the improvements were valued at 76,000 last year, and this year a...
Bobby Lansing
Las Vegas house price trends - Skye Canyon
Hello,My family and I are looking at purchasing a new home in the Skye Canyon area in January 2018. We will only be in the area for three years (on military orders). So I am concerned that with all of the building goi...
Roger Covin
Analazying Rental Property: 8% Cash on Cash ROI Good???
Hi BP, I'm purchasing a vacant lot for $10k in the 78207 zip (West Side, Prospect Hill). A new build will cost me $60k but I'm budgeting for $75k. I can receive $1,000 a month in rent for a 3/2. When I run all of my e...
Eric Bradeis
Besides FHA, what are other mortgage loans to consider?
So here is my situation. I'm buying my first house, I have great credit, I have 5% down, and I'll be owner occupying a tri-plex in new Jersey. So I was under the impression that FHA was my only option. But does anyone...
Edi C.
Convert Primary Residence to Investment Property
Hi, this is my first post since I joined the community. I would like to ask the following: in which situations makes any sense to convert a primary residence to an investment property? Note that I've been there for ov...
Andrew Oatman
Rent vs buy personal residence
My wife and I will close on the sale of our personal residence in a couple weeks. We're considering pros/cons of buying another SFR vs. renting. The SFR would tie up a lot of capital that we could otherwise use to inv...
Devin Mann
is being a realtor in a big city like san antonio hard?
im moving from a decent city in the north east and plan on moving to a large city like san antonio.i know some of the biggest and best agents in the world live in the san antonio/ austin area, so they are my compeitit...
Matt Hummel
Text Message Marketing
Hi all, our team has been giving text messaging a go and its been a mixed experience so far. What we like is the decent blend of efficiency and scale relative to cost (compared to direct mail for example). With that s...