
9 July 2025 | 1 reply
If you are new to real estate investing, It isn't often stated, but the whole idea in investing is to make more than you spend.

17 July 2025 | 62 replies
But "Bob" started a 6 month renovation that extended into 7 months and with preparations and exit it effected property performance for 9 month's of the year.

19 July 2025 | 5 replies
@James McGovern, here ya go:Based on the available data, home staging significantly impacts the real estate market by reducing the time homes spend on the market and increasing sale prices.

19 July 2025 | 12 replies
Talk to a bankruptcy attorney.You will likely need 3.5% down on an FHA loan if you plan on living in the house.Normal amount is 20% down if not living in the house.The value of the property will be determined by appraisal, not by looking at what has sold around you.If it's a "good deal" a wholesaler may pay cash for the property to keep it from going to sale.There are a lot of variables when buying foreclosures, and usually a lot of surprises.Have reserves ready to spend.

29 July 2025 | 22 replies
Just to clarify, I don't think there's any confusion here you were asked if you could extend and said yes, when the real answer was no.

3 July 2025 | 8 replies
MANY newbies make the mistake of prepping their rentals like they're going to live in them - instead of "Maintaining to the Neighborhood".One of two things will happen if you don't follow this guideline:Over-Improvement: yes, you often get a tenant faster, but there is a limit to how much you can spend on improvements and get enough higher rental income to get a return on your investment (ROI). - At a bare minimum, you want higher rents to cover your funds spent BEFORE you have to spend more money fixing those exact same things again.Under-Improvement: you risk becoming a slumlord and only attracting slumtenants:(- You don't want to do this on Class A and B properties. - You have to walk a fine line with Class C and D properties.Easiest way to monitor or learn how to Maintain to the Neighborhood your property is in - check out interior pics of the rental competition on Zillow.

29 July 2025 | 71 replies
When late February wasn’t going to happen, we extended it to March 15th.

29 July 2025 | 6 replies
How about 20 months from now when you figure out you can’t refinance and they won’t extend you.

27 July 2025 | 42 replies
My answer relates to @Mark Kenney’s post 3 or 4 posts above here: of all the issues he mentioned, high interest rate, rate cap, and most importantly buy-downs to “extend loans” all relate to one thing—using short-term bridge debt, which was often done at high leverage points.Financing structure is an under appreciated factor in all real estate investing, not just syndications.

9 July 2025 | 2 replies
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