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Venting about Measure Y
I am the owner occupier of a triplex in Oakland. I would like to renovate one of my units, redoing the electrical (because it's painfully out of date), and redo the plumbing in that portion of the house before it beco...
Robert Steele
Gross income 3x rent too simplistic
I see this metric of gross income should be 3x or 4x rent and cannot see how this can possibly be useful other than a preliminary "should I even bother looking at this app".
I think a more useful metric would...
Dave Rosenfield
Private Investors and Securities
I am getting into the fix and flip market and I have family and friends who are interested in investing with me. Basically they will lend me the money to use for a property and get a 10% return on their investment. Wh...
Aaron Mazzrillo
Protest Home Vestors Inc. Trademarking "we buy houses"
I received this email today. Seems like a worthwhile protest to join. I know more than one investor who received cease and desist letters from these clowns, all because they were sending letters and/or post cards that...
Triston Blodgett
interviewing mortgage brokers in my local area.
I have made a list of my local "good" mortgage brokers. I will be walking in and talking with a few brokers this week. I was wondering if anyone could shoot me some interview questions ? Is there a specific answer to ...
Zachary Schimenz
REI Nation Vs Ohio Cash - honest review from someone who has both
I currently have 2 properties, one from REI Nation (used to be called Memphis Invest) and the other from Ohio Cash Flow. I'm super busy, so I was looking for a Turnkey property, something where I could passively inves...
Norris Frazier
Closing on 1st Investment property on the 31st
Bought it @ 15% discount but the foundation, plumbing, and Roof need help: after repair ARV is 15K profit. Plan to Buy-N-Hold, & let it appreciate.But as a new investor even with Great Credit Hard $ Interest 13.49...
Mark Spritz
Escrow company did not find issue with property deed/title and I now own partial lot
Not sure what my options are. I was sold a property that I was told was on a particular sized lot. The Lawyer/Escrow company did not find out that part of that lot was considered a separate lot. So basically, there ar...
Ben Leybovich
Conversion of Hotel to Apartments - who did it?
I took a week off to satisfy Patrisha's desire to remodel our house (see the pictures here). But, a deal came across my desk. This is a 50+ room hospitality asset. It can be bought at rather low per door basis, even a...
Sean Tracey
Considering self managing a rental over an hour and a half away
I would like to hear some fresh perspectives and ideas from the community on how to go about making this a feasible situation. Since all I can do during my capital accumulation phase is read and think about REI, I end...