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What is some advice for someone like me (just graduated, does not have the 2 years of full time work) who wants to invest in real estate in the next year, but will most likely either not get approved for a loan or wil...
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My tenants are always late. As in they literally have never paid rent on time. They moved in mid-June and paid June (prorated) and July rent, last month's rent, 1 month security. Rent is due on the 1st and late on the...
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Hi there 👋
First time poster, long time listener looking for a gut check on my strategy. My goals with real estate are to 1) make my money work harder than it would for me than if it were invested in the market, and ...
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My husband and I are purchasing our first investment house, which we plan to rent out immediately. Trying to understand the best route for us just getting into the game....STR vs LTR. We do not live in the city that t...
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Hello all, I have read many discussions on cold calling/direct mailing absentee owners. Before I begin this process however, I am interested to know how things progress if you actually get someone who is willing to en...
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Hi!My husband and I decided we want to take advantage of the equity in our primary home in LA County and start investing. We absolutely cannot afford anything local, but after visiting family in Detroit this summer we...
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I just had my very first prospective tenant not show up to a showing. Its quite irritating does this happen often?
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I learned that cash flow is pretty difficult in DFW. So wanted to check with this community about which are the cities which have highest appreciation potential in 2-5 years near term.
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Buying a $50,000 property for $5,000... Too good to be true?
I have obtained a list of properties and the amount of property taxes that are over due by the homeowners.These homeowners have not yet lost their prope...
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I have a no pet policy. I used a realtor to screen tenants. We agreed on a section 8 tenant. After submitting the paperwork and having an inspection the tenant was approved. She moved in and after 2wks my husband saw ...