Not an operator myself, I work on the operations side for RAL Roadmap, so I see the same mistakes come up across a lot of first-time owners. A few of them aren't the ones the training courses spend much time on. The biggest one: budgeting for the license but not for the build-out that gets you th...
We receive about 600 loan requests per year. Probably 35 - 40% are seeking mortgage loans that even if they receive funding their problem won’t be solved. What these “borrowers” need isn’t debt, new debt, replacement debt, or more debt. What’s really needed to put their investment on the right tr...
Hey y’all currently in the process of renovating a 5B 3B house for rent. My original plan was just to flip this like everything else. I recently heard about residential assisted living facilities. Has anyone actually started one of these? Are they as passive as I have heard about? Would love to p...
I got $20k to put down. What is my best strategy for the biggest ROI?
Some of my earliest lessons about making deals had nothing to do with real estate. They happened around games of spades in the military. You’d have four people around a table, cards moving, people talking trash, and somewhere between hands, actual problems were getting solved. Guard shifts got tr...
I work for RAL Roadmap, and I keep seeing the same comparison happen: people treating residential assisted living like it's just another rental class next to short term or mid term, something you slot in beside your other strategies. I get why, it's still a house, still real estate. But the more ...
BP Community I could use your help. I recently read the book "Retire in 10 Years or Less" by Ryan D. Lee and Robert G. Allen after listening to an episode of the Ken McElroy Show, where they interviewed Ryan Lee. Most of the topics covered in the book are similar to the principles that I have alr...
Recent changes to the Illinois Mortgage Rescue Fraud Act (see https://www.ilga.gov/ftp/Public%20Acts/104/104-0553.htm and https://ilga.gov/Legislation/ILCS/Articles?ActID=2795&Ch...) seem to make purchasing sub2 illegal. Assuming anyway that the mortgage is delinquent more than 30 days or in fore...
Most people underwrite a recovery residence like a rooming house. Count the beds, multiply by weekly rent, back out vacancy. That math is what makes these deals look mediocre, and it is the wrong math. The value comes from one long term lease to one operator entity, not from per bed rent. Once th...
Hi, I have read posts in a number of forums about section 8 investing in Cleveland. I am a newcomer to the real estate investment scene in the US (moved here in the pandemic), and I wanted to connect with anyone that has experience with Section 8 investments in Cleveland particularly. I am intere...
Is rental arbitrage a good option for starting out instead of buying on a limited budget?
There's a lot of discussion around financing as much of a deal as possible. But I'm curious where investors draw the line. If a deal could potentially be financed with very little cash out of pocket, would you automatically prefer that? Or would you rather put some of your own capital into the de...
Hey everyone, I’m a long-term investor in central Georgia and I’m exploring a CoLiving / rent-by-the-room model on a larger property I’m considering bringing to market. The concept I’m evaluating: 12 bedrooms / 4 bathrooms (all rooms newly furnished... 6 Queen Bedrooms & 6 Twin XL Bedrooms with p...
Hi! I write for Realtor.com and am looking to interview someone who has successfully started a sober living house. Ideally, you've owned/run this for a year+. This is for a story in the NEWS + INSIGHTS section. If this is you or someone you know, please reach out. Any help much appreciated! Thanks!
Supportive Housing Partner ~ any advice on the pros and cons of going this route? I know several people who either own or work for mental health , veteran , drug/alcohol addiction , etc businesses who say they can't buy houses themselves for their businesses due to conflict of interest. I want to...
Managing rental properties involves more than collecting rent. A surprising amount of time can disappear into repetitive tasks like: Responding to rental inquiries Pre-screening prospective tenants Scheduling showings Following up on incomplete applications Answering routine tenant questions Rout...
Has anyone tried renting by the room in a multifamily? E.g. A duplex with 6 total beds - each side gets each of the 3 rooms rented out separately?
When evaluating a potential refinance, what numbers make it onto your checklist? For example: Current property value Current loan balance New interest rate New monthly payment Closing costs Cash-out amount Rental income Debt service Future investment opportunity I'm curious whether investors have...
Throughout my 50 year career as a real estate investor, I “juiced” my ROI, accelerated my wealth building, and increased my net worth by offering participation in my “deals” to passive investors. Passive investors want to invest in real estate or real estate related investments, they just don’t w...
When analyzing a new construction deal, what's the one number you pay the most attention to? Purchase/land cost? Total construction budget? Expected ARV? Monthly holding cost? Projected profit? Financing cost? There's obviously more than one important number, but I'm curious which one experienced...
I work in AI and recently started exploring how it fits into real estate investing workflows. One thing I’ve realized quickly is that most of the “AI for real estate” discussion focuses heavily on: lead generation data scraping automation But in practice, the real bottleneck seems to be decision-...
Co-living isn’t just a housing trend. It’s becoming an investment strategy worth paying attention to. I came across some interesting data from Fortune Business Insights that caught my attention. According to their latest report, the global co-living market was valued at $8.98 billion in 2025 and ...
I’m interested in implementing this strategy as an exit for new properties I pick up. Has anyone had luck seller financing? In what markets and price points?
Anybody know of this new construction guru?
My husband and I are able to pull about $350K in equity from our primary residence. We have 1 duplex rental with 3.7% interest rate on the mortgage. It cash flows $1000 per month and it has $200K in equity. We want to use this equity to grow our rental portfolio.... we are interested in multifami...