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I'm Retiring from Corporate!Next month, on January 18th, I will be retiring from my corporate job as an Internal Auditor to be a full-time real estate investor. I am super excited. I've been working toward this for ...
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I placed 3 offers in the last month in California, one of them over asking price. Lost all 3 to cash buyers. I'm offering 20-25% down and have an excellent crredit rating. What's a body to do?
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Hey all . . . I had a few questions that I was looking for your insight on. Please feel free to share your thoughts on the various subjects.
1 - Are you seeing a settling of prices in foreclosures (REOs) right now?...
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Over the past few months here in San Antonio I have encountered numerous situations where I send in an offer on a property and receive a flat out "no" or "we are declining your offer." I always encourage clients (sell...
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Has anyone had success trading stock options?
If so how did you learn?
Books? Any recommendations on what ones?
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How can i screen for alcoholism etc. Once discovered can i evict for that?
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Hey BPZillow seems like it could be a very useful tool for searching for real estate and gleaning a blind estimate for locations value and rental income.My question is, just how accurate are these "Zestimates"? Especi...
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Lowes and Home Depot offer this at times. Buy the carpet and pad from them and they'll install it throughout the house for $97. I assume the catch is that you can't get a good buy on the material? Have any of you...
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Hi guys,
I am new to this forum and a little new to the industry. My husband and I have been slowly sinking more and more money into rentals over the last 4 yrs. We have been able to purchase a lot with cash, and ou...
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I'm in the very early stages of educating myself as it relates to REI, but I've started thinking about what kind of path I want to follow because I believe it is important to have a goal, or at least a path, in mind.T...