Scott Schultz
Cash or Finance Investment Properties?
Just recently joined and am really enjoying the site! My question has been eating at me for a couple of months now. I own 10 rentals. They are all paid for and so is my personal residence. I would like to purchase 40 ...
Jon Vassiliades
Creatives Ways to Bridge DP on Commerical Properties
Hi Everyone,
I am looking for suggestions that folks have had
luck with in the past to get from ~10-15% figure to 20-25% (Say an
additional 50k) to satisfy commercial lenders. There is a 7 unit MF
property that...
Christopher Beasley
Help calculating DTI with rental income VA loan
hypothetical using most real numbers I have. Assuming I already live in my first VA home. I will have enough entitlement for my second home.
Current income: $7638
Current VA home:PITI $1832, credit card minimums $26...
Laine Furukawa
Dayton, OH Investors | Time to refi?
Seeing 3.6 - 3.9% for 30 year fix. Current homes in Dayton, Ohio (Kettering, Centerville, Montgomery) @ 4.25%. Would now be a good time to refi? Would it make a difference in lowering my monthly and raising cash fl...
Bonnie Low
Flooding in Memphis/Nashville/Chattanooga?
I'm an out of state investor looking at certain metro areas of Tennessee to purchase cash flow properties. I'm noticing lots of homes coming up in FEMA flood zones. My questions to property owners in any of the metro ...
Ryan Williams
What's Your Buy Box in Expensive Markets?
Hello Denver! (and similar "expensive" markets) I'm an agent/investor, I run numbers A LOT for myself and clients for 2-4 unit properties in the Denver Metro area and I rarely find anything that breaks even from a cas...
Stan Santini
CPA costs for CPA known in real estate investor circles
I am looking at getting a CPA. I do not want to mess with this new armed IRA, I mean IRS.
What is a reasonable rate for a better than average CPA with knowledge of real estate investing? I was quoted 2k for the top ...
Edwin Rodriguez
First deal analysis help
Hello everyone. My name is Edwin Rodriguez and I am a newbie to the real estate business. I am looking at this property for a buy and hold rental. The area is good and the local rents are in the 700 range. I worke...
Marshall M.
Having trouble generating leads
Used to handwrite letters and send to high equity owners and get a 2% call rate. Lots of people looking for full price. The one lead that did pan out was a prefoeclosure so I started targeting those with typed mail ...
Andrew Baines
Deal Analysis - Foreclosure Duplex
Working on analyzing a project that my partner and I want to put in an offer today. It's a foreclosure in an established area of the Detroit suburbs. One of the units is currently occupied and the other is vacant. ...