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Pursing a first-time home purchase and FI (financial independence) seems not possible from my position. Do you agree? What am I not considering? Should I change my risk-tolerance in order to pursue both goals? Any gui...
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So this is happening here: http://www.wweek.com/news/city/2018/05/08/portland...As a landlord who does her own repairs, this is terrifying to me. I'm imagining crawling under a sink to fix a leak, locked in a house ...
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I was talking to another investor who proposed the following as a solution investors looking for more flexibility when using their SDIRA.
Two unrelated individuals arrange to make a loan to one another using their S...
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Hi, I currently own a duplex in Puyallup WA. We recently moved to TN and have both sides rented. We profit about $1200 a month from both units. My question is, is it wise for me to sell it and profit $150-200k after o...
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I'm throwing a question out about how to get started in the infinite banking concept and the ability to leverage one of my properties to get started, does anyone have any experience in doing this? And the other quest...
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Hey guys I've been doing some research on house hacking for the past 3 months and I think I'm ready to get my feet wet.
A little about me. I just turned 21 two months ago, I have a FICO credit score of 759 and I ma...
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Hi all,Connected with a MFR broker (investor himself, too) who brought to my attention an off-market deal for a duplex in Tacoma, WA. This is in the South Tacoma area, 98418 zip. I'm leaving in about 30 mins to go s...
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First of all, i want to thank everybody in advance. I am grateful to find this forum because my family has been in extreme stress over the past few weeks.
Background is that we relocated from Houston 1.5 years ago to...
Hi all,
Looking into purchasing an investment property. In my home market, I can get into a little 2 BR SFH for about 60-70k that should rent for $650-700 or so per month.
Here's what I don't get. Using the 50% ...