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Hello everyone,I am new to this site and new to Real Estate. After being a secretary in the school system I have decided I want to get into Real Estate. Can someone tell me what book and author is best to read for a...
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First of all, thank you for reading.I am 24 and I live in Chattanooga, Tennessee I have made my goals for the year ending 2017...to have one owned hack house and one investment property. I have access to 40k liquid an...
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Hi everyone!I’m new to REI and eager to start out. I want to do fix & flips to begin building capital for a rental portfolio. I’ve been talking to hard money lenders and as a beginner I must give a 20% down paymen...
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What a pleasure it has been browsing the forums and soaking up all of the priceless information offered to people interested in starting fresh here!My name is Jena, I currently reside in Morristown NJ. I'm looking to ...
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I am currently in the Navy and I am a recruiter in Philadelphia. I want to buy property so bad but I don’t where to start. 1) If I buy a milt family home will the bank give me a loan if I stay there as well?2) Should ...
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Hello everyone! I have found a property, well it kinda found me. I think this was all meant to be. An, although I am scared *hitless to jump in, I would be so dumb to not even try! So, here I am trying to figure out t...
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I own a house and put an ad on Craigslist to rent a room for $675 per month, which includes all utilities. This is my first time renting and first time reading someone's credit report. This guy came to my house, fi...
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Hello,I'm 34 years old and have been investing in rental property for about 10 years. I started when i was in college and enjoyed it enough to continue buying them on the side. I'll try not to drag this on too long, b...
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Hi BP!I've been heavily investing in RE for 2+ years and I often try to extrapolate the future based on my basic experience. The latest of those extrapolations is to calculate how much net rental income is needed to s...
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So, I'm brand-flipping-new (see what I did there?) I've spent the last couple of weeks plowing through YouTubes, webinars, and blog posts of everybody out there, and have just learned enough to know that to start, I ...