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I am fairly new to the world of real estate and I am still trying to learn the basics on how to start a house flip! How do you go about paying a contractor? If I do a rehab of $30,000 does the contractor take a percen...
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Just out of curiosity, how many hours of sleep do you get a night? How many do you think you need? I love my sleep, but after reading the Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, my entire philosophy on sleep has changed, and I ...
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My thesis statement goes as follows: The University of Minnesota should offer a real estate investing degree that enables students to use a student loan to make a down payment on an investment property. A percentage o...
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So I’m trying to buy a rental unit with 15yr loan and I tell my realtor I’m trying to get a better rate on my loan. He proceeds to say “ why are you worried about the rate, it’s a write off “. This comment really worr...
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Hi everyoneI have been researching markets and I had mentioned in my previous post I was interested in investing in the mid west. I live in Northern NJ and as I mentioned the barrier of entry for me in NJ is too high....
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I am currently living in Manhattan but was recently up in Rochester for a day looking at investment property. The purchase price vs rental income is very healthy (assuming occupancy and collections are there). I have ...
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Hi All,I have been reading a lot of books and listening to a bunch of podcasts about real estate investing and I feel like I'm ready to take the next steps. The huddle I'm facing right now is I stay in HCOL (San Franc...
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There have been a lot of reports about rising inventory across the country including Las Vegas and Henderson. Just wanted to start a discussion on the topic and get the feedback from the active community here and see ...
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I have two goals for this post:Increase awareness of the issueFind ways to decrease the chances of this happeningNote: I'm not an attorney. Just an investor. Several weeks ago I read a post on FB about someone who got...
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*Disclosure I am speaking to an attorney on the matter this week, but wanted to share and see if anyone has had a similar experience or knowledge in this matter?So unfortunately my contractor was late in getting me a ...