Hi! I'm under the process of buying a house, not using a realtor.Contacted the seller through email and responds to me always. I'm just a little bit skeptical in this transaction.Is there anyone buying real estate usi...
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Hey everybody. Making a move to do a different city/state soon for new job and contemplating looking at buying a duplex/triplex my family and I could also live in for the first year until we get more familiar with th...
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Hello! I live in a 1930s California Bungalow with an old detached garage too small to fit a modern car. My girlfriend and I thought about converting the space into another bedroom/laundry room as the space is only use...
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Does anyone have any advice on effectively setting up temporary battery-operated cameras on a long-term rental property to deter break-ins and squatters while rent-ready repairs are being made before a tenant moves in...
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Would like some feedback on options from people in the know on Hawaii (or Miami). Got about $5.3M to deploy somewhere through an LLC. Considering an all cash purchase to "park and profit," but open to debt. Considerin...
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Hey, I'd like to get both landlords' and renters' thoughts on this. During the application process, I believe it is beneficial for both the landlord and the renter to have the renter be the one that runs his/her own r...
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I've recently been stress testing my company and I'm curious if others are doing this?For me it's been as simple as simulating a correction and removing, for instance, flip income, as well as reducing gross rents. Th...
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Need some help from the community. I'm meeting with a broker to walk an off-market apartment complex here in Cincinnati. The property is in a downward spiral, so I think this could be a fantastic deal with great value...
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Hell there!So I live in Wisconsin and I'm currently trying to decide which of two cities I should start investing in, these being Madison and Milwaukee. From what I can gather they're both good cities but I just can't...
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Syndication is a big word for a simple process that is not easy. Feel better? Okay, let me break this down “parade rest” (to its simplest form). To put this simply, the process as it applies to apartment syndication i...