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Hello,I have a contractor that is requesting 50% of what he quoted the job up front. It isn’t a super large sum of money, but I’m curious on what type of things I should do/look for to protect myself. As of now all I ...
Hello fellow Canadians, I had been investing in US mainly due to their good web infrastructures on finding deals and managing them through property managers. However, with the financing structure of being a Canadian ...
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I've read so many posts about "How To's" and "What am I doing wrong?".
I would love to hear recent REO success stories. If you've purchased an REO in the past 90 days or so, it would be great if you could tell us ab...
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Hey everyone, fairly new here. I have read more or less every real estate book I can get my hands on here in the last 3 months or so. A friend of mine and I are beginning to seriously consider buying real estate in...
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Like most of you reading this I realized the massive potential of real estate and thought “Wow How do I get started”. I was 24 years old, broke, but had decent credit. At the time I had a friend who for the purpose of...
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I have an opportunity to work in a partnership arrangement with some other investors. We have been discussing the various ways we can combine our resources and strengths that will be fair and equitable and increase t...
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If a turnkey home was inspected initially and there was time given to fix ALL the issues with the home but when re-inspected the home was not turnkey ready at all and the repairs that were supposed to be done were no...
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Here is a problem that I am having with people who are saying they are private lenders. You will hear them say that it’s all hard money. They say this because of the interest rates. Little do these people who say they...
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Good Morning! I have a quick questions and wanted to see if anyone has encountered this before. I have a Section 8 tenant who moved into one of my properties about 4 months ago. She has been an amazing tenant and I re...
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I'm looking for real estate meetups/ networking events in Southwest Houston TX. Could you please post a link below, if you know of any?