Alex Silang
What's the point of a vacation home?
Not sure what category to put this post in, but here goes...What's the point of owning a vacation home? I was reading that after commissions, cleaning fees, etc. you're probably only going to be able to cover half you...
Grant Keaton
Newbie in Utah looking for Network: Agent, Lender
Hello all, great to be with you!I am looking at getting back into a buy and hold investment in Utah. I had one of these a couple years ago, sold it for a down payment on a white picket fence, and now back in a positio...
Janelle Vigario
My first buy & hold?
Hi there! I've been lurking here for awhile now, and enjoy reading everyone else's posts. I wanted to get your feelings on how this sounds. We currently own (well, still making payments on it) a home in a nice locatio...
Christopher Davis
How to negotiate a short sale from begin to end?
Currently, I am working with an owner that has a 4 unit property scheduled to be demolished. I am working with the county inspector as well. The owner is letting the property go into foreclosure and has not paid for a...
Matt Campbell
New build: rental advice in 27703
After looking in the Cary/Apex areas for a few months in the $300k bracket, I decided to move closer to RTP and signed a purchase contract for a new SFH build in Durham (Brightleaf subdivision). ~2600 sq ft, 4BR/3BA, ...
Kevin Schneider
newbie in Massachusetts
Hi,I live in the SE Massachusetts area and I'm looking to buy a small MFH within the next 6 months using an FHA loan where I'll live in one unit and rent out the others. To educate myself, I've been reading books, lis...
Rob Barry
First Atlanta SFH Rented - How'd I do? What Could be Better?
My very first tenant moved in on Thursday, making me officially a landlord. As exciting as this was, I'm the more eager to push to the next one. I bought in a suburb of Atlanta, GA.The Numbers (all annualized):Paid Ca...
Greg Shyne
Should I continue to pursue this deal??
Hello all, I finally got my first property under contract recently. ARV is about 120k. Contracted price is 77,500. The home needs work (foundation, roof, and cosmetic updates). My contractor gave me a bid of around 46...
Kameron Patterson
If you could start anywhere...
I want to start off by saying this website has been exponentially helpful with any questions I have had and even questions I didn't know that I had. Thank you @Joshua Dorkin and @Brandon Turner for giving us this...
Larissa Luna
Pay off some debt or invest out of state?
Hello!I'm wondering what would be the smartest thing to do with the 15k we have. We could either use it all to pay off some of our credit card debt to increase our credit scores and so that when do invest (we want to...