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Trying to decide on using reserves to pay off rental mortgage or keep. I am retired, 72 and own 4 college rental houses. Zero vacancy as housing shortage is acute and typically let students pick their successors. I st...
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Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...
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I have been reaching out to investors in my local network in order to gather equity for doing an Apartment syndication deal but it has been slow going. Therefore I was wondering if it would make sense to sell-out som...
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Ok so I'm reading a lot about loans and trying to figure them out, a couple things I can't figure out for the life of me, was hoping one of y'all could help me understand!1. Why would a bank loan out money at a 4% int...
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MH and I just bought a 3 family at the end of October and kept all the tenets.1: Woman, boyfriend, her son & grandson - mother to 3rd floor tenet.2. Couple with 4 children.3. Woman, boyfriend, their son & boyf...
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Wow! 2020 is now half way over. Who would have thought that the country/world would be where it is today. It is not where I thought it would be. Nevertheless, here we are and it’s time to take an accounting to see whe...
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I have the opportunity to buy a mobile home park. I asked a broker I know about multifamily investing opportunities and he showed me this property. It is not listed on the MLS. It is 5.7 acres, currently has 12 mobil...
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I wanted to open a Dialogue on the 'Art of Negotiating.'
Just curious as to your tactics and way you go about offering, renegotiating, closing a deal, ect.
I'll pitch a few questions to get the ball rolling but add ...
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I just put a vacant lot under contract, and I'm going to be contracting our next house myself. Any tips for reducing costs or mistakes not to make?
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I had a friend ask me this question: If you had 100K to invest in just real estate, what would you do?
Since we are in Chicagoland I would move because I truly think the real estate market does not favor starting a ...