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Sometimes it's good to look at a new venture from the angle of the most common causes of failure.Let's get the non-action/motivation ones out of the way. Most people fail anything due to not starting, not studying en...
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Hi All,I'm just starting my real estate investment journey. I don't have too much experience yet, but I've been a mortgage banker for some time so I have a decent base knowledge. I was wondering if anyone could give m...
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I know someone thinking of investing in Tennessee. Their daughter will be going to college there in a few years and they're thinking of buying a house to rent and hold. Nashville, Cleveland, Cattanooga or ? Thoughts? ...
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Hello all,The subject line may be a bit overdramatized...but maybe not? Just listed a finished rehab on Apjones last week. It’s not the greatest and nicest ever, but it’s solid and was decently priced. A bit on the h...
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Hi. Are investors buying in 2023? I want to wholesale SFR's in all of California. I don't want to waste advertising funds if the market is down.
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I'll be honest, I new to the private lender idea. I'm trying to vet a lender and this is all I can find. I have the LLC filing, their website, and other than that I'm not sure if I'm able to find anything else (or sho...
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My wife and I are at a crossroads. We were referred to a real estate agent by our lender back in March. He was super hands on back then and my wife and I had yet to sign anything. Come May, we put an offer on a duplex...
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One of my realtor friends just switched from selling new builds for a builder to being an independent real estate agent. She has a listing with multiple offers. One offer was labeled as an "escalating offer" They offe...
I'm starting to look for duplexes with a realtor. We've been looking for about 4 weeks now. So far I've looked at 6 properties most of them were in bad condition or in bad neighborhoods. Out of 6 properties I looked a...
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Hi guys!
Need your feedback here as well as from all of the investor friendly realtors.
I am working on a new deal now... A property ARV is 210K max... Was rented for awhile, and needs at least 20-25K of work in upda...