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I'm researching to build a plan to buy my first STR. What are the pros and cons of: 1) Buying a property nearly ready to rent and compete in its market. I.e., there are likely relatively few improvements to be made...
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Just got the email from Max. Wow this sucks. Closing the doors 2/9.
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Investment Info:
Other other investment.
Purchase price: $4,600
Cash invested: $5,200
Sale price: $18,000
This was a 10.26 acre lot in Box Elder County Utah.
What made you interested in in...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $79,500Rehab Costs: $8,500ARV: $120,000Cash-out Refi: $90,000
Bought an older home in a small town near us. New paint, floors, ki...
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I have a confession: my only duplex, which I gave owned now for 2 years and recently moved out of from a house hack, has proven to cost me more to maintain/pay taxes/repair/fix etc to the point where my cash flow is c...
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Just finished watching a video on how to buy commercial RE by a guy who wrote a book for dummies. He makes it sound so simple and easy. If RE investment is so simple and succesful, why not more people do it? In other ...
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Greetings from Maine,My name is Mark and while I'm brand new to investing in real estate, I have been interested in it for about 3 years. I am primarily interested in buying and hold rentals and house hacking. Financi...
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Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) fix & flip investment in Leominster.
Purchase price: $332,000
Cash invested: $67,000
Sale price: $445,000
Purchased this great 9 bed 4 family a...
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Investment Info:
Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Nashville.
Purchase price: $295,000
First purchase; originally intended to be owner-occupied but ended up changing plans to stay in C...
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Hello BP members - I've been a member for a month or so now and this is my first outreach effort here. I'm looking forward to learning more about property investment as a second career, sharing my experience as an ar...