Erica France
Holiday gift ideas for tenants
For those of you who practice holiday gift-giving to tenants, what ideas do you have for a gift? To start:Gift card to a neighborhood restaurant or coffee shopA book (about what?)Gift card to an airline (e.g. my tenan...
Roger Devore
Debt to income ratio
Without outside investors (rare) how does one overcome debt to income ratios without paying in full for a properties? I have set a goal is to acquire 5 single family properties within the next 10 years. I have my firs...
Timothy Finley
Is it worth setting up an LLC?
Hi, a family member and I are considering investing in our first investment property. I've read that forming an LLC to purchase the property is a good way to protect ourselves from liability. However, I also underst...
Alan Asriants
Thinking of Selling? - AVOID SUBJECT TO
I have a lot of clients that ask me for creative ways to purchase property. The two big ones that always come up are seller financing and subject to.
Out of the two, subject to is definitely the more risky approach ...
Evan Bonnell
What ever happened to Matt Onofrio? NNN Investing
What happened with Matt Onofrio? Was looking forward to reading his NNN investing book that was supposed to drop months ago.
Radio silence from Matt on his Instagram. I'm hoping his 90% leverage didn't come back to ...
Joe Carr
Can you just buy a $1m apartment building?
So hypothetically if you had the money for a down payment of 25% on a $1m apartment building. Which is $250k. Say it has 15 units, and makes $1k/unit. Could you just straight up invest in an apartment building? And sk...
Mark Butler
Starting an Investment Company - When to Take Money Out
Hello EveryoneMy name is Mark and I am an MBA student at SMU in Dallas. Two friends of mine from the program are interested in investing in rental properties and have a particular strategy in mind, but I want feedback...
Toyin Dawodu
Why Do Most Investors Fail To Buy A single Property?
I was shocked, when I read a statistics about the level of success in the real estate investment industry. According to the information I read, only 5% of would be investors actually buy something. Does that mean, 95%...
Aruna Abdool
Investing in long term rentals out of state
Hi. I'm in NY, which is not a landlord-friendly state, so I'd l like to invest out of state. What have you encountered investing in a state other than the one you reside in? How did you work to establish trust with th...
Bob Lowry
Rental Rates
I just read the "Ultimate Beginner Guide" provided by BiggerPockets and noted the investment rule of 2%, and find it may not be realistic in my humble opinion.
If I am correct using the 2% rule, a home that cost $200...