Damian Hill
Newbie, how do I get started
Hello all, I am new here and freshly looking to get started investing in real estate. I have previous mortgage experience working as a loan officer for countrywide home loans. Currently I work as an admissions counsel...
Jahmar Childs
Active Duty...VA out of question, need help. Not Pro Yet...
So I recently purchased a "home" in Illinois, for me and my family with the VA loan, and I am renting it out until I finish my service which is 1 1/2 years in Salt Lake City, UT. By the end of the year I would like t...
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Inflation: Real Estate or Gold?
How would you answer this question?
In 2002, 10% of global GDP was estimated to be held in Central Bank Assets. Today is at least 25%. Increasingly the answer to fiscal problems across the world has been to : PRINT...
Scott R.
Rent, Sell or Payoff personal residence
Hi everyone!We would like to take the next step in our journey towards financial freedom, but my wife and I are at a bit of an impasse. As we keep learning things, our plan keeps shifting and now we are finding ours...
Henry Grayson
Housing Inspector requiring retrofitting of windows
Hi all,First post here and I couldn’t find it answered anywhere else - I have a 2-unit in Portland Maine built in 1920 and for the first time this year the fire safety inspector measured my upstairs bedroom windows an...
Michael Woodward
Do you put the price of your house on the street sign?
I would really like to hear everyone's opinion about whether or not you think it's a good idea to put a home's price on the For Sale sign in the front yard.
I'll withhold my opinion for now so I don't pollute the raw...
John Aranton
A new venture and a brighter future... Hawaii Newbie
Aloha Everyone, coming at you from you guessed it, Hawaii. Just a little about myself: I'm happily married with 4 beautiful children (ages 11-22 years) and 1 darling 1 year old grandson. I grew up in Monterey, lived ...
Andrew Briggs
Wise to do business with your tenants?
Hi, I'm a newbie landlord. I bought 2 tenant occupied units that need some work. I have a few contractors that I would like to establish a working relationship with and had them do some bids for the roof and a fence...
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Can you have everything you want in real estate if you help enough other people?
The late Zig Ziglar once said, "you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want." Do you think this applies to real estate investing? Seems fairly obvious for r...
Chad S.
Down Payment Insights on the Chicago Market
Hi everyone,We are looking for guidance about our first home/investment property. Our lease for our apartment is up in April, so we would like to have enough saved for a down payment by then. As mentioned in a previou...