James Martin
2008 Financial Crisis
I listened to former CEO of BB&T John Allison speak at Harvard Law School this morning. Give us Liberty, but not a Bailout!He talked about bad mistakes made in real estate driven by governmental policy. And anxiet...
Carrie Hallensleben
Kansas City Multifamily Financing
Currently my husband and I own three rental properties along with our primary residence. We are interested in moving toward small multifamily i.e. 4 to 6-plex to start. My question involves financing. We have a home t...
Brent Shryock
FREDDIE MAC SMALL BALANCE MULTIFAMILY LOAN
As a mortgage banker, I often get asked about the Freddie Mac Small Balance Loan Program for Multifamily Properties. Its a great program so here is an overview for people that are interested in learning more.Freddie ...
Jessica LaPoint
If you could move to anywhere USA for REI, where would you go?
A little background about why I would ask such a broad question -
My husband and I travel exclusively for work - we could be away from home for a week or four months depending on the contract. Despite the ne...
John McCurley
Calling it quits, should I build my own duplex?
I’ve been looking for a duplex to do my first house hack, but everything is so expensive and the market is uncertain. I have a vacant lot in Fort Worth, Tx and have been thinking about building a modular duplex. Modul...
Shawn Dandridge
What's Your Biggest Landlording Petpeeve...
Besides late paying tenants, what other issues do you dislike or don't really care to deal with as a landlord?
Kyle McVay
Replace Windows or fix windows
So we are buying (6/5 close) our first rental and it's needing a lot of rehab before we rent it. We're trying to find things NOT to fix. We have to level the house and we are turning a 2-1 into a 3-2 . The house alrea...
Robbie Shiver
Short Term Rental Alternatives? Need Help/Ideas
Hi all, I'm wondering anyone aware of a resource that would provide alternative options for a property that is currently listed on Airbnb? For context - I have a five bedroom home, split in two units in ATL. I live o...
Ron Miller
raising the FICO
I am wanting to start rei and I find myself with poor 600fico. I just had some hard times with my mortgage but got that back on track and now want to be ready to buy more properties in the next year or so. I say a yea...
Asher Carr
EFFICIENT WAYS TO MARKET RENTALS
I was wondering if anyome had any tips on how to market rental properties efficiently to buyers. I'm using my squarespace site and Craigslist to market but I feel it's not enough. Any suggestions?