Ray Lai
Fair estimate for a maintenance cost on a turn-key property
Does anyone have experience with the maintenance cost on a turn-key property bought through American Real Estate Investments? The spreadsheet they sent me for the portfolio of properties uses$312 in annual maintenance...
Raymond E. Hopkins
IN A WORLD OF APPS; WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE APPS FOR REI?
In a world of APPS; what are some of your favorite apps for REI? I just purchased an IPAD for business purposes (tax write off). I have the MLS listing apps; such as Zillow, Trulia, and Redfin. I also have heard of...
Matthew Morrow
Sub2 Deal- From an Agent Prespective
Hi AllWe have a client wishing to utilize a sub2 strategy for several purchased in our market. Fantastic idea and even better deal if we can find a seller willing to cooperate. What is everyone's experience with this ...
Paul J.
Chase bank discontines the deposit-only ATM card system
Apparently, if you already have the cards they will still work, but you can't order any new ones. Just venting here because I built a plan for my new out-of-state property around this system and now I have to scram...
Lesley Resnick
Will Covid kill Cash?
Will covid kill cash?
Digital payments have been growing by leaps and bounds but will this health crisis be the final straw?
I have seen a lot of local businesses request that you pay digitally or in some cases no l...
Patrick Sears
Hotel cap rates
Hello,I am becoming interested in possibly investing in hotels/motels in the future. I have been reading that the mid to higher-level properties are valued on cap rates just like apartments. I have seen a few on Loo...
John C.
What started you on investing in land?
Just curious if there are any good stories out there...
I'll start -
Around early 1990's still in college and had some time to burn, was browsing books at Tower Records down in Marina Del Rey and saw something like...
Tyler Stump
Tips for a young Entrepreneur
Hello, My name is Tyler Stump, I am a graduating 2021 senior in a Tampa, Florida high school graduating in a week. Starting around January 2020, I’ve invested hours of my time studying up on real estate and already st...
Matthew Sutton
Buying rentals with IRA
I'm pretty disappointed you can't get a mortgage with an IRA...according to my research. I'd like to use the IRA and get 5 or 6 properties and not just pay all cash for one property.
Any tips on how to get around no...
Justin Pumpr
Tenant screening email
Hi all,I've recently posted my ad online to which I'm getting a lot of interest. However, when I send out my screening response I'm seeing a huge fall off.The process is: Receive an inquiry via Trulia, Zillow, Craigsl...