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DiscussionEducation / Coaching

How do I check a coach's student results when nobody will show me a file?

I'd like to end up with the one that actually works, so I'm doing diligence on two programs before I spend $9,000. Both have testimonial pages. Both have a number on the homepage,…

tylerbrooks9PassivePRO40

Happening NowLease Options (Rent-to-Own)

The ad says all your rent counts toward the purchase, which doesn't add up

Found a listing for a 3 bed in a suburb I like. It's advertised as rent-to-own. The numbers in the ad: house "valued at $340,000" $10,000 down $2,300 a month purchase price $365,0…

luis_carrera Get yoursAnswered5

DiscussionLease Options (Rent-to-Own)

Where's the money in a master lease on the fourplex two doors down?

I own a small triplex and the woman who owns the fourplex two doors down is tired of managing it. She floated leasing the whole building to me for a flat $4,400 a month for three…

18Rrenee_dubois Get yoursAnswered4

LossCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)

Asked for my money back in month 20. Learned what a repurchase program is.

Put $12k into a non-traded pooled real estate vehicle on a platform two and a half years ago. Set it and forgot it, exactly as intended, while I saved for a rental down payment. T…

paulgrant17PassivePRO7Answered4

PollMedium Multifamily (5-20 Units)

Start at 6 units or stretch to 14? The per unit economics say one thing and my nerves say another

I have enough down payment for a 6-unit comfortably or a 14-unit if I bring in one partner and keep almost nothing in reserve beyond the required escrows. The 6-unit is mine alone…

13Ttashaford30PB2APRO41

Happening NowMobile Home Parks (Capital Scale)

Roll my three parks into a platform, or take cash? I can't price the units.

An operator running a roll-up wants my three parks. 214 lots total, all tenant-owned homes except 19, in-place NOI $712k. I'm in for $2.9M all in including the water plant rebuild…

joe_delgado5AP4CPRO4Answered6

DiscussionMobile Home Parks (Capital Scale)

Utility infrastructure reps in a 9-park portfolio PSA are doing almost no work

Working through a purchase agreement on a nine-park aggregation, about 1,100 pads, seller is a family operator consolidating out. The utility reps are where I'm stuck. The seller…

13Ddmitri_v6CapitalPRO73

Happening NowSelf-Directed IRA (Real Estate)

The non-recourse quote came back and the UDFI math is ugly

I've got about $180k in a Roth that's been sitting with a self-directed custodian since last year, and I finally started pricing a small rental instead of just reading about it. T…

raj_mehta14CapitalPRO13Answered3

DiscussionSelf-Directed IRA (Real Estate)

Custodian told me I can't fix the leaking faucet myself

I've got an IRA at a big brokerage and I'm looking at moving part of it to a self-directed custodian to buy a small rental. On the intro call the rep said something that stopped m…

carlos_nunezActiveAnswered7

LossMicro-Wholesaler Networks

Five months in a nine-person referral group looking for hands-off income, made $1,150

I don't want a second job. That's the whole reason I'm on this forum. So when a nine-person group offered me a referral-only seat, hand over sellers, take a cut, don't touch the p…

priya_n21PO1C7

WinDouble Close Wholesaling

Cleared 20,580 against a 26k underwrite. Extension pricing is why it closed.

Small midwest city, 1970s brick six unit, all occupied, seller was an estate winding down. I had it at 214,000 and resold to a local operator at 249,000. Took title and held it se…

marcus_hale41CG4A6

PollBoarding Houses

Spend 46k on more bathrooms, or keep the shared baths and eat the churn?

Eleven rooms, three full baths and a half bath on the main floor. Code minimum here is one full bath per five residents, so I am compliant with room to spare, and my plumber has q…

mitchell_ray4 Get yoursPRO12Answered10

PollFix and Flip (Cosmetic)

Do you hold a cosmetic scope open for the first week or lock it before closing

I've been building my scope sheets off walkthrough video and photos, and I'm now arguing with myself about when the sheet becomes final. Two approaches I've watched people use. Lo…

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PollMicro-Wholesaler Networks

Pooled buyer list or private lists with routing? Five of us can't agree.

I manage rentals for a handful of the buyers these wholesalers keep selling to, so I got dragged into this argument sideways and now I'm in it. The group is five people, mostly pa…

tonyv88SO4CPRO6Answered4

DiscussionFund Management

Recycling up to 120% of commitments plus a 24 month giveback. How hard should I push?

Reading an LPA for an opportunistic fund and two clauses sit next to each other in a way I don't love. The reinvestment section lets the GP recycle disposition proceeds and return…

13Ddmitri_v6CapitalPRO7Answered5

Happening NowFund Management

Owners keep asking to invest with me. Working out whether a $25M fund pays for itself

I manage about 1,400 units for third-party owners. Over the last two years four of those owners have separately asked whether they can put money into deals I buy myself. I've done…

tonyv88SO4CPRO6Answered17

Happening NowCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)

1k into a pooled fund as a first step, or is that too small to bother with

I want real estate exposure that doesn't turn into a second job, so crowdfunding looked like the obvious place to start. Where I've landed: one pooled fund, 1k minimum, roughly 1%…

tylerbrooks9PassivePRO4Answered1

DiscussionCrowdfunding (Platform Investor)

If the platform charges no investor fees, where is the money coming out?

A few flips in and I'm hitting the ceiling on what I can fund myself, so I'm looking at going passive on some of my capital. The platform pages say things like "no investor fees"…

samantha_ruizAU4APRO5Answered3

PollSection 8 / Government-Assisted Housing

Inspection day: be there in person or leave a lockbox?

Annual inspection on one of my rentals is scheduled for next week and I've got a conflict. Options are drive an hour each way and meet the inspector at the door, or leave the key…

nicole_adeyemiPassivePRO141

PollGeneral Contracting / Rehab Crews

Who buys the materials on a $22k rental rehab, me or the contractor?

First rental closes next month, small two bed, and the rehab is about $22k. Two of the three bids handle materials completely differently and I don't know which way to go. Bid A i…

paulgrant17PassivePRO7Answered6

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