Calvin Thomas
Grant Cardone / Cardone Capital
My office received a call from one of his reps today. I thought the pitch was a pie in the sky type of deal. Anyone hear of this guy on Youtube, Grant Cardone? He boasts a half a billion dollar real estate empire ...
Bruce Woodruff
Anyone have an idea where the market is headed?
I'm just curious what y'all think about the general market? Good time to buy or sell? Buyer's market/Seller's market/neither?
I had a discussion today with a Realtor who expects a rough time ahead....what with the el...
Matthew Mucker
Where does the 50% rule come from?
I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...
Todd Whiddon
Diary of a POP TOP Second Story Addition Project
Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...
Elizabeth D.
Vent! Why is real estate investing so shady!?!?
I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...
Benjamin Cowles
Would you hire a guy with one leg to do your cabinets?
He seems to know his stuff, has worked on boats all his life, was able to lay out for me in detail a couple options to redo my kitchen and bath cabinets for $12/hr and he'd use me or someone for grunt work. He lives o...
Julian Buick
Why would someone sell a "perfectly good" seasoned performing note for 60-65 cents on the dollar?
I posed this question on a recent forum post and got this response:To address your question we have to pause on the idea that you implied of "perfectly good". Is perfectly good the simple notion of payment history? ...
Will Stahl
Dangerous to wholesale in an LLC
Hey everyone,I'm starting a wholesaling business In New York and just formed an LLC. I've been doing some research regarding the legality of it and I'm a bit concerned. A lot of the forums I read seem to deal with thi...
Tyler Erickson
Unprecedented Structural Shift - The Thriving Multifamily Market
Most of us on these forums strongly consider multi-family to be a solid investment, but not everyone fully understands why. On the other hand, many people have fears over a stagnating economy... We can only go this ha...
Benny Morfas
Buying a 4-plex for under $30k.. but in a class D area. Worth it?
Hi everybody!I thought I’d turn to the forums because I saw an interesting deal, but there’s some red flags. Since I’m relatively new to real estate, I’m hoping some more experienced people can guide me in the right d...