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I highly recommend that people track their personal finances, especially beginners that are just learning about real estate. I use (obsess?) mint.com, but there are lots of platforms and other's that have come up in f...
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I started my real estate investment journey in 2016 by buying my first SFR with a 401K loan. I currently own 5 SFR but I am wondering where to go from here. Currently cash flowing around $1,200/month and want to scale...
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Any heads up as to how to ensure the listing agent comes off the Lockbox code. It seems mighty rediculous that only one agent I have spoken to has given up the lockbox code so I can have myself or a partner first hand...
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Hello Everyone,
I live in Sonoma County California and I am currently planning on pursuing long term rentals with flips in between.
The more I research the market, the more I feel that out of state rentals are a w...
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Hi All,I have found the vast majority of Real Estate Investors do not use a Hard Money Loan as a source of funding their deals simply due to the fact that they do not know enough about the process. In the RE Investmen...
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What's up BP been a while. I purchased a triplex OOS in November . Two of my inherited tenants always pay on time or within a few day . Now the 3rd cost me a bunch of money by leaving with no notice and trashing the p...
Hi!
I am a first-time real estate investor looking to make my first deal by the end of the year! I am located in Northern Utah and would love to invest locally, but it does not seem feasible for my strategy and finan...
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Greetings!
My partner and I visited Detroit MI this past weekend and found 2 deals:
TRIPLEX for $50k with ARV of $130k with one unit already rented at $1000 & the other two needing about $30k to rehab. Addres...
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We had a conversation with a guy today and it went something like this:"Hey I saw you hauling some lumber the other day. Whatcha building?""We bought a rental house and I was fixing a safety hazard." (Concrete step at...