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I've been of the mindset not to waste my time chasing pennies from tenants that move out leaving minor problems but in the past year I've had 2 tenants that have moved out & broke lease early that have cost us $5k...
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Hello RE geniuses,Story below, but here's the main question: If we were to go through with it, what is the best strategy for a medium-income family to purchase an expensive short-term vacation rental?Here are the deta...
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I know it's December/January which is not an ideal time to neither sell or rent. Private landlords in the neighborhood that we invested in are renting their SFH at $2950, but they listed them in August/September. We...
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i was told by my mentors that the tax rate is very high for the capital gains for flippers and wholesalers compare to landlord. I understand the landlord part clearly, however does not know how much tax does a flip...
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1st time on the forum. 61 (my husband as well) years old and just starting out in the real estate investing arena. Truth be told, if I knew earlier what I am now learning I could have started earlier!! But all I can d...
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I just acquired two identical, side-by-side duplexes and am starting to plan out my rehab project. I'm starting my focus on one unit, to figure out what works and does not work, and will hopefully then apply all those...
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I am reading headlines about the market plunging worldwide due to the likelihood of a Trump win. What could this mean for real estate? Is anyone holding off on buying until things settle down a bit? Any reason to b...
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Does anyone know whether you need to be licensed to invest in notes? I am getting conflicting info. I would like to invest my own money but would ALSO like to find note holders and connect them to institutional note b...
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Greetings all,Just getting started in making Real Estate my living, but not new to owning property, being a landlord, or dealing with problems. I will share some of my own stories later, but for this post I wanted to...