23 April 2018 | 12 replies
Depending on how much money you have (the money you mention is for you to live on), it could be enough for the 25% down and the reserves a bank would want to see but this becomes high risk pretty fast since you will be giving up a HUGE chunk of money you have to live on.Finally, Brandon Turner's book on no and low money down investing can give some ideas on creative financing.
16 March 2018 | 0 replies
I understand this situation is considered employer-provided housing and contingent on him doing the work.
16 March 2018 | 5 replies
You'll likely have more opportunities with going after listings, since you don't have to convince the seller to take a low price but you still get paid when they sell.
18 March 2018 | 7 replies
Your vacancy and repair estimates are low, you aren't budgeting for a PM which will be a HUGE headache out of state, and you aren't budgeting for CapEx.
18 March 2018 | 16 replies
I'm looking to get started wholesaling soon, and have been studying Brandon Turner's "The Book On Investing In Real Estate with No and Low Money Down".
19 March 2018 | 62 replies
Historically, every time we see low unemployment it is followed by a recessionNow we hit a 17 year low for unemployment rate, so what does that mean?
20 March 2018 | 4 replies
I am looking at getting an FHA or VA loan to fund the property with the low to no money down financing (since most lower end homes will be 300+K, so that means 60+k down payment).
22 March 2018 | 14 replies
That being said, Id rather lock in more debt at historically low interest rates than pay 2 or 3% less for a property while paying a 2% higher interest rate.
19 March 2018 | 3 replies
@Andrew Kerr area is not a warzone, just low income.
19 March 2018 | 9 replies
A few things I noticed (1) you didn't include gas in your expenses (2) management expense at 6% seems low - I've used companies <10% before and I paid for it (3) billing back utilities via RUBS (Ratio Utility Billing System) is a legal, extremely economical way to bill tenants their fair share on a master metered property, however, make sure your state statues support it and is fairly commonplace with your competition.