Michael Ablan
Making my splash in Real Estate! 6 Units in 11 months!
Hey there everyone! It’s been a pretty awesome (and hectic) 11 months for me. I went from having just one rental at the start of the year, to having 3 houses close at the same time, with rehabs of various difficulty...
Erin Auman
Feeling a little discouraged
Lately I’ve been feeling like I’m never going to advance much further in this whole real estate business because I don’t have the money to make a deal. I’m introverted and terrible at sales and networking, so I’m str...
Jason Dalka
Need to generate 5-6K cash flow per month to pay for nursing home
Hello,My mother-in law has about 700K in her retirement accounts and has suddenly needed to go into long term care (about 8K per month.) We are thinking that rather than simply spend down her retirement funds to pay f...
Alan Lambkin
Newbie from Shrewsbury MA
Hello all,My name is Alan and I live in Shrewsbury MA. Tax-achusetts as we call it here. Other than my current home, which was also my first purchase, I am relatively new to the real estate world. In June of 2014 I ju...
John Sonmez
Doing a 1031 exchange and looking for best options
I'm on day 2 of my 45 day period to identify a replacement property.I've sold two residential properties in Boise, Idaho and I've got a 3rd that is under contract, for a total liquid cash amount of about $550k.I've al...
Rachael Osborne
Tips for Fighting Analysis Paralysis?
Hello everyone! I am very new to the real estate investing world and am currently in the education phase; I'm trying to learn as much as I can before I get out there. However, the more I learn the more I realize I don...
Frank Jennings
Dealing with a Toxic Tenant
I bought my first investment property, a duplex, 6 months ago. From the start a tenant was very angry and difficult. He said he had bad experiences with previous landlords and he trusted no one. I have responded quick...
Sylvia B.
Cap rates make no sense
I've read this article by Sergio Altomare - How to Calculate Cap Rate (& Where Many People Get It Wrong) several times and there is something that just doesn't make sense to me. These basic formulas do make sense:...
Christian Malesic
Congress - Get Out of Our House
You owe it to yourself to check this out and see if the concept matches your beliefs.
A Dell, then Google executive has started this movement to get rid of corruption in DC. His plan is to turn t...
Mark Miles
real estate agent's response to inspection
When you're buying a house using an agent, and the purchase contract has an inspection contingency period, and some fairly sizable issues arise during the inspection, does your agent: a) try to convince you these item...