If you have a long term outlook then don't concern yourself with shorter trends.Good luck! 

It seems like you're pretty aware of the costs and outlook of getting into a househack in California so thats really good as most people expect it to be like househacking in the midwest and its a whole different beast.

Local banks have more a short term money outlook due to their business model versus insurance companies. 

Ive been interested in Real Estate for as long as I can remember, but always watched from the sidelines.I started to listed to BP podcasts religiously over the last few months and it completely changed my outlook on what I want from my life - for me and my family.A little background on me: I have worked in the consulting world for the last 10 years as an engineer and MBA.

Hey Dave, SEO = Search Engine Optimization.It is basically optimizing your website so it appears on the top of the list when someone does a search in Google.When you are #1 on Google you will get a bunch of traffic.Then if your website is optimized for conversins as well, that inbound traffic then become leads.The results is a bunch of highly motivated seller leads, and all for free.Like so: The reason why this is so important is that you do not spend money on marketing, you don't go out looking for sellers and you don't need to talk people into selling their house to you.People look for you, and then they ask you.. no, beg you to please make them an offer.

Hi Everyone,Just wondering what you think the housing outlook will be in the future due to the COVID-19.

I'm an accredited investor sitting on a chunk of cash, but I'm hesitant to tie up large amounts of money with the uncertainty of the economic outlook with the pandemic. 

In regards to the future of the tenants ability to pay you need to underwrite the tenant, where they work and the company or business they work for to determine your comfort level of future outlook of collections. 

For the investors, what have your experiences been with wholesalers? I’m looking to assist investors in finding great deals, help motivated sellers sell quickly and as easily as possible, and generate some income for...

Again, you won't know until you go out looking for opportunities.