Michael Ndjondo makadi
Gas tankless vs tank water heaters
Hello community,I have been debating whether switching to gas water heater makes sense over swapping the old tank WH with a new one? Tankless WH cost has dropped significantly, they tend to last longer and are less p...
Patrick Riley
First Short Term Rental: BRRRR A-Frame Lake House
It's always difficult to objectively evaluate an investment property that you also want to use and enjoy yourself. I always try to avoid these emotional tightropes but when a wholesaler offered a contract on an A-Fram...
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Keeping Up With the Millennials- How Landlords Can Stay Relevant.
Just this year, Bill Nye the Science Guy made a bold statement saying that the “greatest generation” has arrived. But have you heard of them? At 75.4 million strong, they are now the largest living generation in the U...
Brian Stike
Creative ideas to minimize loss?
Hi all, I currently own two rental properties and have owned a few additional about a decade ago when I lived in another state. I'm currently in the process of starting to build my portfolio again, almost through a BR...
Steven Mitchell
wildly different appraisals
Thought about buying a house to rehab. Wanted to do it right so got an appraisal. House appraised ARV 635kHouse was done. Time to get a mortgage. House appraised for 561k. We didnt really care, that could be chal...
Jeffrey Bland
Mobile home community
I have an opportunity to buy a mobile home community that does rent to own mobile homes. I don't have the $500K(20%) to put down for a conventional loan. I know I could probably go hard money but my concern is being...
Steve Faulkner
Hello from Oklahoma
My wife Jodi and I are full time investors in the Tulsa area. We have been landlords and rehabbers and are still doing some of both. Currently we are expanding a small mobile home park and rehabbing 3 houses. Real es...
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Are my calculations correct ?
Hi,
The point of this message is to try and find out what a good real estate investor does when crunching the numbers before they acquire real estate. Can you please look at what I did below and tell me the pos. and ...
Kama Ward
Ranch Basements: What do you do?
I got my next house under contract, a 60's ranch on a full finished basement (my first ranch). What do you do when you rehab a ranch w/basement?
I know it is very specific to each market. Basements are common around ...
Alf Holst
Vinyl Plank Flooring on Carpet padding?
Has any of you heard of putting Vinyl Plank Flooring on top of the carpet padding?One of the contractors I was speaking with about replacing carpet asked me if I wanted to have the flooring installed on top of the car...