Terri Austin
Private Lending Business
I am interested in becoming a private money lender. Whom might someone like me contact in order to get an initial start-up loan/funding? Some people have told me that you need to use your own money, however I just wa...
Nick Michaels
Our First Investment / Mistake / Lessons Learned
Investment Info:
Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Butler.
Purchase price: $62,000
Cash invested: $47,000
Our first rental property. An early 1900s brick duplex in an area c...
Josh Sterling
How to scale the landlording business
I originally was going to send this as an email to a couple of investors I know that may be encountering the same issues or have already overcome them, but I realized I would be missing out on some potentially grea...
Brian Garrett
Cash vs. Lending when just getting started?
I always see threads where NEW investors say they have "X" amount of money to invest so I wanted to dig a little bit deeper into those examples in hopes of educating and learning further. Here is a hypothetical scenar...
Alecia Loveless
Useless property what to do?
I own a 3 unit multi family that is part of a 2 piece parcel of land. The multi family unit sits on one lot that is about two acres then on the other side of the road sits another 1 acre lot. The two lots have to rema...
Pyrrha Rivers
My first rent check!
Hello BP. It seems as an eternity since I embarked in this Real Estate investing adventure we share. I decided to go the buy and hold route.I will tell the tale of what seems like the longest coming rental check ever....
Molefi Branson
Why invest in Toledo Vs Detroit
Hi,I’m starting this conversation to know more about both Markets. I’ve been told many people call Toledo little Detroit but i don’t know what that means. From my research both Toledo & Detroit favor cash flow ove...
Bo Edmond
Landlord won’t fix AC in timely manner or provide alternatives
Hello, I’m active duty military deployed overseas and one of my guys has a significant problem. His wife and two young kids are in Ohio in a house they’re renting. Their AC went out two weeks ago and still has not bee...
Al Williamson
How Can Landlords Profit from the Internet-Of-Things
Wi-Fi enabled sensors will soon be embedded into nearly every product so "owners" can monitor the data the object sends. A gate may send a signal meaning "I'm open" and a chair may send a signal saying "183 lbs." ...
Manmit Singh
Stuck with Lead affected property
Hi,I am stuck with Lead affected property for over one year, it is marked lead affected by health department in Youngstown, Ohio. Without fixing it we can't rent and also no one wants to buy. only thing i want right n...