Hello everyone, I've been told that it's not a good idea to buy apartment buildings from the MLS. I know that investors often times have access to the "off market" or "pocket" deals before they are posted on the MLS. ...

Over the weekend I started driving around the area in which I live, and was honestly a but shocked by how many properties I came across that were either vacant or in a major state of disrepair.  Within a fairly concen...

I am currently looking at a 4 unit property, fully rented.  My model is to buy properties with cash, renovate, lease and refinance.  If purchased and renovated at the right price, this allows me to get my money back a...

Hello everyone, I am a 19 year old college student home for the summer and extremely driven to build my wealth and I firmly believe that REI is the best way to achieve this. However, after watching and listening to hu...

Reading Avery Carl's recent STR book and came across a partnership structure I'd like to hear more about in ch. 3, if anyone has details or experience. It could be for any strategy--not just STR...
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A friend and former coworker  who I’ve spoken often with about real estate moved to central Texas. As a new investor, and him being a bit more experienced I agreed to give him 10K to invest for me in a rental home. He...

Hello all,This would be my first flip/first time investing. I live in Austin, TX and wanted to house hack to try to have most of my mortgage covered while living in a house. The market is very competitive, rising and ...

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I am a 19 year old college student looking to get started in real estate as soon as possible. For the 6 months I have been curious about real estate and slowly started to research the topic. 3 months ago I...

Hi, We have purchased 2 rental properties in Illinois and have put 25% down on each. Where can we borrow money and lower our down payment?  We want to continue to purchase but at this rate it will be difficult.  Than...

Costar sees signs of multifamily trouble: Multifamily cap rates risingLooks like investors finally starting to demand real cap rates and multifamily will begin trading on present performance and not future rents. Here...