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My rental is in an older, lower middle class neighborhood with houses under 1000 sq ft. Being such, most of my applicants are early to mid 20's with maybe a high school education.
Being so young, many times t...
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So, I'm looking at HUD's fair market rent for the area I just purchased a property in. It is a few hundred below what my inspector friend [who is also a landlord] told me I could get for the place. What exactly does...
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I've recently had my accountant do my 2008 income taxes and I was surprised that he informed me that I could not take deductions for my real estate investment training that I purchased in 2008. A big one was the Rich...
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Hi everyone,We recently went under contract for a flip and are currently going through the inspection process. The chimney/fireplace inspection came back with major issues saying that it needs to be completely torn do...
I don't have to tell you that selling houses nowadays is difficult and painful. The market has changed, the rules have changed. And if you don't change your strategies, then you will go by the way of the dinosaurs - e...
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So I'll start off with the numbers with a home we purchased in Summerville SC. Purchase price: $217,500. Current principal: $204,000. Rent: $1,650. Mortgage: $1,216 We have lived in the home for two years and got orde...
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Brand new investor, here. Although I'm in tune with my local market I never quite felt the urge to actually start investing in properties until very recently.
I had been scouring various resources for about a...
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I am new to wholesale real estate, and i truly dont know how im going to make my first deal. I dont have mounds of cash to go to, have one car with a hard working wife, and to add to the chaos im a stay at home father...
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I'm really excited I passed my school and state exam for RE! Im ready to select a brokerage and Im sure being a new agent may be difficult. So to start my career, besides spreading the word to my sphere of influence, ...
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Hello so an interesting subject always in my head is should I rent to section 8 or some other form of government housing? I know its a guaranteed rental income, but it is worth the hoops you have to jump through can s...