Casey Gocel
I live in an expensive area and the numbers aren't working
I've been researching REI'ing for the past 6 months and I have yet to purchase a property. I live in New Jersey where property values and property taxes are very high. I don't have any construction experience, so I ...
Scott Choppin
Apartment Financial Underwriting - A 2-part Series
In a few recent conversations with different folks, it has come up how they are calculating financial performance on multi-family projects. And to be honest, I feel the need to generate a specific post on this, since ...
Scott Skinger
CapEx Reserves - Impact on Cap Rate
Hi All, I'm new to REI and hoping for a little clarification.Quick background - I'm looking at 10-25 unit apartment buildings. I found a 10 unit building with 2 retail offices on the first floor that has potential. Th...
Lync Jones
Getting Started... Would you move or stay?
We currently live in a small SFH and am looking to move into a larger home to accomidate our four children. I see having two options:
1) Purchase a larger home which will in turn take more of my income from ...
Samson Tefera
Hard money and concern
I took out a 1 year hml on my second flip, thought the project would take 3 months to complete, instead it took 6 months and I will be listing the property for sale shortly.I am concerned as to what would happen if I ...
Mike Sales
New to the forum..want to start REI
I'm a 23 year old college student. When I get out of the military(officer). Instead of buying a home, I'm confident, that I'm buying a 4 unit owner occupied, live in one and rent out the other three. Hopefully, If I...
Scott Turner
Newbie from Bountiful, UT
Howdy. My name is Scott Turner. I'm married, have a bunch of kids and am in my 20th year in my career as a software engineer. I am seriously looking into real estate investing. I'm not yet an investor, but got interes...
Don Konipol
The Long or the Short…Which Negotiation Technique Do You Use?
Two thoughts on negotiation techniques. One, is the long, drawn out method by which you get the other party “invested”; time wise as well as emotionally in concluding the deal. With x number of hours in, and time to...
Geren Williams
The Pros and Cons of all Cash Purchases
Background - in 2006-2007 I owned a primary residence and 6 rentals. I did not study a lick and made every conceivable mistake that a newbie investor/landlord could make. I was over-leveraged, did no deep deal analyse...
Jeff Meitler
Duplex investment in Cudahy, WI
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Cudahy.
Small duplex in Cudahy. Bought it because the rent to purchase ratio was fantastic, it didn't much work, and was in a safe...