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Hello, my name is Matt Howard and I have been watching/reading as much material online as I can to better prepare myself for getting involved with investing in real estate. I have a very good job that brings in $270,0...
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Me and my girlfriend need to be in town for 2 more years before moving for her masters degree program. We have saved up a down payment living with parents, and are ready to move in. Should we just rent? My family said...
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Hey all, Looking for some help. This is my first property, and i am having a hard time understanding the numbers. Reo for 218kI want to offer 170k, this is a 203k with estimated 50k in repairs. i am asking seller (ba...
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Hi,I purchased a house recently and my property manager did make-ready repairs in it. Nothing serious (not a fully-fledged rehab). There are a couple of issues with it, though, and I want to understand how you would r...
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Gov. Murphy announced today that he has signed an Executive Order that will allow tenants to use the security deposit as a rent payment. Curious to know everyone's thoughts on this and how the EO will effect your busi...
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Hello, I have been seeing increasing opportunities recently to bid on non performing notes on commercial properties that banks are trying to offload.These notes usually have the following characteristics:The note has ...
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Hi, I have a very small studio apartment listed for Low price and got about 200 inquires on past week but only about 3 showing because none of rest qualify. The showing did not turn into actual application, at mean ti...
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With a new year among us comes new opportunity for investment, particularly investment in commercial real estate. In this post, I will discuss 4 large US markets which I believe to be ripe for commercial real estate i...
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I'm wondering what is the average profit per flip. I attended a RE seminar and the guy teaching the class was saying he won't do a flip unless he makes $50k profit minimum. Which sounds amazing if that is true. I'm lo...
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Hello, everyone! I have been reading like a mad man, and I feel like I have a pretty solid understanding of financing, renting, selling, controlling the properties you buy and a variety of other techniques and investm...