Austin F.
Virtual mailbox anyone?
Does anyone here use a virtual mailbox or have one they can recommend? Part of my business model is being fully remote and I need a place for tax forms, bills, and the like to be sent, and reliably scanned to me.I hav...
Stacy G.
Why investors should be their own general contractor
This is in follow up to a recent post by Engelo Rumora "The Top 3 People Most Likely to Rip You Off in Real Estate Investing"Probably one of the more misunderstood words in construction is "general contractor". Based ...
Chris Clothier
Quick tips for Due Diligence on Turnkey Companies and their Data!
I speak a few times a year at different real estate industry events and even a few entrepreneurial conferences. For the past couple of years, after noticing a really disturbing trend in the marketing practices of Tur...
Ryan Carter
Identifying a market for rehab/rental properties - Long distance
Hi everyone, my name is Ryan. I am a mechanical engineer in the product design business and am looking to begin my rental property investing business in the next 8-12 months. I plan to start with single family homes (...
Eliza B.
Buy out-of-area rental since can't qualify for home near my biz?
Hello!Could you offer some advice?I was just approved for a $250,000 mortgage as I am a small business owner and write off most of my income. My business is in LA county and, obviously, $250k will buy me nothing to pe...
Kurt Schmid
Company Name
How important is it to have a company name to put on your business cards and letter head? I don't actually have another entity formed but I guess I could use a name if I need to.
Do you find more success using anoth...
Jason Malabute
MY MENTOR MADE ME WRITE A PERSONAL MISSION STATEMENT
My mentor made me identify the problem, vision, mission, and principles to bring more structure to my business.Here is what I wrote.PROBLEM:With most owners expecting to sell their properties at market or above marke...
Tyler W.
WWYD? $100k student loan debt, no assets or savings, no full time job.
Say someone has tons of student loan debt, no savings, only asset being a 10 year old car worth $3,000, damaged credit due to some student loans in collections because salaries didn't match debt over time and couldn't...
Mikhailangelo L.
First investment: Invest in Bay Area or OOS with turnkey?
I am a new RE investor in the bay area and have been researching properties in the east bay that will cash flow and have found very few that make sense. Keep in mind, my original goal was to find multifamily <$600k...
Shannon Vanderweide
LLC vs Umbrella policy? (Another one of these...)
The dreaded LLC vs Umbrella policy question.. again.. Just to start off, I want to mention that I have read through a hundred or so of these posts on this site already as well. I can't seem to find a local real estate...