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I am a general contractor looking to build a spec home. I have looked at a lot of homes to fix and flip but there is just not the margin that I would need to make it work due to the current market in my area. After ta...
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Along your journey as a real estate investor, what was the point in which you genuinely wanted to give up? What kept you going? How did you recover?
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What is the 1% Rule in Real Estate? The 1% rule is a real estate investment guideline indicating the minimum monthly rent you must charge your tenant to break even on a rental property. The rule states that your rent ...
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My investment group just picked up our first rental property. It is 1200 sqft bungalow 2 bd, 1 ba single family on the east side of Cleveland, OH in a safe a decent neighborhood. The rental comp research we did determ...
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Hello everyone. We have an opportunity to tear-down a home and build a new home. We are looking to basically tear down the home and build a new home. The plan is to use the same perimeter of the existing home to save...
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I located a foreclosed home that is selling for $180,000 and has a zillow estimate of $430,000-$500,000. Similar homes on the same block and area have sold from $385,000- $439,000. The home needs repairs that are quot...
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So I have been working on my first deal which was going to be a fix and flip. The property is unique, it was an older couple who had a contractor building them a custom home. The owner was an architect and his wife ...
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Just about to start a complete renovation of a rental property I purchased this week, one of the things the property needs is a new kitchen.
This is the first time replacing a kitchen so I have a few questions and ho...
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The comps are all over the place? Every property I search have inconsistent comps that are super high or really low. Most of the recent sold comps are in the millions. Some are in the high $100 thousand dollar price r...
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I'm currently working on converting my first single family rental into a duplex in Washington State. I will be keeping this project in my portfolio for years to come. I'm trying to figure out best practices from more ...