Steve Ellison
Becoming a landlord primarily to establish rental history
About six months ago I posted about my situation and got some good advice. Now that I’m ready to actually do something about it, I’d like to run it by everyone again with a little more detail.My goal is to buy a new ...
Carson M.
Too young for Conventional?
Hey all-
I am 19 years old and looking to pick up 1-2 rental properties in 2014. I have owned a landscaping company for the past 3.5 years, and have grown it to net around 40k for 2013. However, I was unabl...
Kayla Wagenmann
Seller Financing in Minneapolis with no or low money down?
My partner and I have been considering purchasing a duplex as an investment for our first home. We moved back to Minneapolis last year after living in Los Angeles for 2 years. We have been renting for the past year at...
Erik Sherburne
How leveraged are you?
Curious out there what people use as a general rule for how leveraged they are. How comfortable you are with debt. Do you have 401K loans? Would you cash out a Roth IRA? Do you use HELOCs off your primary? For...
Drew Eldridge
My 12 year old bought his first house
My 12 year old son closed on his first rental property last month - and now he wants to buy another. I think every parent wants to teach their kids about finance, and my wife and I like others, have struggled with how...
Todd Merry
How do you gather more properties?
I have a Single-family and a Fourplex that are rented out. Between the two I'm positive, but not by a huge margin. How do most of you gather more properties without having a huge cashflow? Maybe start a business?
Steve Smithy
Ultra-Cheap rented in Detroit?
I see a bunch of incredibly cheap properties (under $10k for SFH) in Detroit. They are currently rented for about $600/mo and appear fairly close to downtown. I know that people were fleeing the city before, but wit...
Cameron Price
How do you ACTUALLY set up a self directed 401k
After researching different retirement accounts, I've decided that a self directed solo 401k plan is a good fit for me. I have self employment income and no w2 employees. When I search for how to start an account, I g...
Herm M.
Can someone analyze this please?
This property is valued at $46MM, according to the tax assessor.
Can someone tell me, based on these numbers, what is the MAX that should be paid for this property?
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Charles Ho
Real Estate vs. Stock Portfolio
Coming across this website and the Financial Independence subreddit, I've gotten an itch to increase my rental real estate portfolio to start generating residual income. My wife and I sat down together to look at our...