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Leslie Stouffer Best way to vet an out of state contractor
21 November 2025 | 10 replies
Vetting up front saves a lot of pain on remote rehabs.
Jacob Hoying Validating an idea: Pre-built, updated financial models for investors?
3 November 2025 | 0 replies
The key differentiator is that these models would be constantly updated for things like:Changing mortgage rate formulas and lending rules.New tax laws and depreciation rules.Integration with current data sources for things like rental comps or maintenance costs (where possible).New model types based on emerging strategies.The goal is to save you the hours of building and, more importantly, maintaining your own spreadsheets.I'd be incredibly grateful if you could help me with any of these questions:The Pain Point: Does manually updating your analysis spreadsheets for rule changes feel like a chore?
Yuanmo Lei 👉 Looking for feedback: How do you analyze or find your next rental or flip?
27 October 2025 | 2 replies
Quote from @Yuanmo Lei: Hey everyone — I’m a techie and small investor designing a tool to make deal analysis less painful for people like us.I’d love to learn from you:- How do you currently find and analyze your properties?
Chase Calhoun Is Anyone Else Seeing This? Leasing Is the Hardest I’ve Ever Seen It — And Some Landl
23 November 2025 | 19 replies
There are markets where developers built product relying on the mentality "build and they will come" with no coherent thesis behind why and those are markets where there will truly be long term pain. 
Devon Zvanovec Looking To Help My Fellow Landlord
5 November 2025 | 6 replies
Different landlords have different strengths, weaknesses, schedules, and pain points. 
Nicholas A. Mortgage Sold to one of the worst servicing companies around
3 November 2025 | 13 replies
It's just the lack of communication from servicer to borrower that is a pain.
Cesar Smith Real Estate Pros: What’s Your Go-To Resource for Mastering the Industry?
4 November 2025 | 12 replies
The mistakes feature most prominently as the pain of failure and not making money lingers on for a long time while the successes fade pretty quickly.As to deal analysis I would have to say that as real estate appraiser - MAI candidate (member Appraisal Institute Candidate member - the course work and experience of appraising lots of types of commercial and residential property over 10 years or so gave me a solid understanding or how to look at various properties by the numbers. 
G. Brian Davis Wealth Isn’t Just About Growth, It’s About Defense Too
2 November 2025 | 2 replies
Something painful and ugly, even it’s still too distant to see clearly now.Whenever and whatever the next crisis is, I want to survive it with my wealth intact.For anyone wondering how to protect themselves, here's a few strategies:• Diversify across asset types and even geographies• Keep some liquidity and “hard” assets like cash reserves or metals• Invest in assets with real-world utility (housing, farmland, essential services)•Use fixed-rate debt wisely—it can be your friend during inflation• Build legal and tax protection through smart entity structures• Keep learning and growing your network!!!
Joey Wilson Open door capital scam???
12 November 2025 | 124 replies
The pain is real.But here's the reality of how this happens in RE versus crypto: leverage.
Melinda Eilts What’s Your Biggest Challenge in Fix & Flip Projects Right Now?
30 October 2025 | 2 replies
Biggest pain right now is realistic deals; seller expectations are still lagging while labor and holding costs bite.