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Hello everyone. I have been trying to get started for a while now and I think I may have gotten the wheels spinning. Background Info: I live alone with my two two year olds and I work a contractor position to work on...
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I am researching investment strategies and keep getting pulled back to STRs. I know many large tourist towns and cities have/are enacting regulations that may make STRs out of reach for a single investor or company.St...
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I'm tweaking our owner finance program our company has been using as a way to find good folks but currrently have bad credit. We've found selling when you say "owner financing, wrecked credit is ok" has many advantag...
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I'm looking to take out a loan from my self-directed 401k, but I'm curious as to what interest rate to charge myself. I actually want to charge myself as much interest as possible since I'm not planning on contributin...
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So I know there are a lot of "Rules of Thumb" on the Residential side of Real Estate. As I try to transition into Commercial (Retail) I find that I have no idea on how to perform the proper analysis. What are the Ex...
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I statred where I could afford. Which was in SFR's in a C neighborhood. After the school of hard knocks finally have a handle on tenants. My biggest problem the last 2yrs has been Baltimore City government. In Balt...
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BP Family, deciding which route to take to take to acquire a rental property and would love your two cents. I live in Charlotte, NC and own my primary residence in the fastest growing region of the county. I am debati...
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I decided that I would like to keep a chronological record of my current project and share it with everyone. So here it is!
This is my new building on the corner of 27th and Market St in Galveston, Tx. It was origi...
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Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm wondering how do does one become a legitimate "full-time landlord".What I usually see is that people have a job/position to supplement their real estate investments. But I have come acros...