All Forum Posts by: Braden Coast

Active Duty here to. We're "overseas" in Alaska right now but are saving aggressively to purchase a MF home when this tours over. We're doing buy and hold. Tons of info here and the podcasts are awesome. Overall the difficulties of being a military investor is worth it after talking to friends that rent out old homes while active duty at a new duty station. If y'all put a military investors meeting together please let me know! Good luck brother

This is something I've been focusing on lately. In a large downturn you might have a significant amount of "would be" renters decide to purchase instead of rent. Resulting in a smaller amount of renters and supply/demand making for cheaper rents. Probobly a very small effect if any tho. Love to hear some others input

When do there leases expire? You could always deal with the hassle if it's only for a short time if you want. I wouldn't let the $500 earnest money sway me in either direction

240 volts yes. 200 amps no. 200 amps would be insane lol. Most residential are 30 amps. A contractor will hopefully see this and elaborate. I think the 200 number describes the type of meter and I think it means it's digital not analog but I could be wrong. But it's definitely not 200 amps

Love the goals section of your bio. Very cool. Zillow is decent. Check out Redfin if you haven't yet. I'm pretty new myself. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YHU_KLYhibI There's more to the skit if you can find it. I couldn't stop laughing at this BS. Enjoy

Do you plan to owner occupy the property?

Depends on the state you're interested in. PM me for details I can hook you up

Rosston Smith I'm pretty sure you and me are just following each other around these days man lol. To the original poster the down payment is up to you and the equity in your home is your call. Everyone's different. Rosston will probly be worth a few million in ten years and I'll be worth about 800k. I choose to own my properties outright, almost zero leverage. Lots of schools of thought on this. I do know that all the foreclosures that happened when the market crashed weren't from people that owned 100% of their homes...food for thought. It's just personal comfort of risk:reward. It's why savings account earn .1% and index funds earn 7% on average. Decide your risk tolerance for yourself

http://www.moresam.net/Forum/aft/595 Pretty sure you can have 2 VAs at a time