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Hi All,I just graduated from UC Santa Barbara last summer and have been working at Oracle in San Francisco for the last year. I have always had a huge desire to get into real estate investing- I have been reading boo...
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Hello everyone!
My name is Elijah LeClair. I am 26 years old with a wife and 7 month old son.
I am new to the world of real estate. I have been reading for the past couple months and am trying to learn the lingo. I...
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Does anyone use Zillow.com? Also are these "Zestimates" a reliable value for homes listed on the site?
Thanks!
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Hello BPWanted to see if anyone has filed for State Rental Assistance (via Housingiskey.com). My experience has been so far that the website and application is rather intuitive and easy to navigate but once you hit t...
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Hey everyone! My name is Matt and I'm a new REI in Kailua-Kona HI. I purchased my first property here in town this past May 2020, it's a 2-2 condo on a 30yr fixed mortgage. I've just finished upgrading and I have tena...
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I'm trying to get a business off the ground to set up vacation rental properties (anything from sourcing furniture and decor, to policy/guidebook creation). In that process, I am doing some research on the market for ...
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COVID TenantHey, I’m just so confused about where we stand as landlords. I watched what seems like the worst video I’ve ever seen today: he seemed super excited that he got a tenant to live in a house rent free for 4....
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I purchased two rental properties in late 2016 in South Carolina and the paperwork for the mortgages listed my property tax rate at 4%, instead of the 6% investment property rate. As a result each month my lender is c...
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Hello Everyone. I am a real estate investor currently a software engineer living in Santa Clara but born, raised, and investing in Redding CA. I am mostly interested in multifamily BRRRR due to the number of worn out ...
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I have this house that is coming up for sale by the end of March or possibly sooner and I did the calculators for two scenarios one a wholesaling route and to the rental route and I really want to do the rental route...