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What is the biggest drawback/limitation to being a realtor compared to being a real estate investor?
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I purchased a rental property earlier this year, and it will be my first year not taking the standard deduction. I met with a tax professional I found through BP, and in our planning call, she mentioned that if you ar...
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Hi All,In the process of renting our property, we received many applications. One of them was an aggressive lady on section 8. She assured us she has excellent credit score. My dad who was helping with the process, se...
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First-time investor/home-buyer looking at buying a multi-family property (duplex preferred) either around Chicago where I currently live or a smaller, but rapidly growing city in Minnesota where I'm from.
If I choose...
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I've read many posts here and via Google about losing out on a house due to "multiple offers". As someone who comes from a software/data background, I simply to do not believe that multiple offers "just happen" on hom...
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May be a little disjointed. Pulling from communications with other people. You don't see their notes.
New Storage Facility Status update Month 4 from Opening15 June 2020, 05:17 PMWe just opened our 7th storage lo...
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I have been constantly trying to do research on prospective countries and to see what type of real estate is hot in certain markets/counties and possibly not in others. I have been looking into Latin America mostly bu...
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Today the mail lady came to give me a certified letter. I signed for it and opened it immediately. It was a letter from Homevestor's attorney. The attorney stated that I was in violation of Unauthorized use of Int...
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What are the pitfalls with delayed financing. This is what I read in various threadsa) In delayed financing, the appraisal is typically more strict. So may not come into the right valueb) with delayed financing, u end...
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This is just the start of my journey, both for this property and for my REI career, but I learned a lot in the long time it took me to get this property under contract. Want to share what I learned along the way in th...