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When I help new investors with buying their first property I often want to know what is holding them back from pulling the trigger.So I'll ask here. What is holding you back?
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What are you doing or seeing that effectively addresses racial disparity in home ownership/ lending/ generational wealth?Hopefully this is a fairly straightforward question about a heavy and complex topic! It's well ...
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Hi everyone,I am from Toronto Canada and I am looking for my first investment property in U.S. I'd like to hear your opinion about Milwaukee , WI.What is your experience ?Thanks,Mojdeh
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Hi, y'all. We're in the process of finding our next STR property in Vermont, and we stumbled on a motel/Inn for sale that's walking distance from our existing duplex STR in the area.We feel this property has a ton of ...
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I have a 16 unit apartment complex. All are 3BR 3BA. I am thinking of changing the interior doors to smart locks and renting each room out. I will start with one building at a time. I am wondering if anyone has experi...
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Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.
I renew...
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One funny thing about people is that while we are almost always well intentioned, we seem to do a lot of things that are just plain crazy. I, for example, still prefer to eat my oranges by dissecting each into their i...