It's all too speculative for my taste, personally.

Removing the pool may cause ground issues to the house and or neighborhood but it wasn’t  proven but vendors speculated things could be a problem. .

I have finally decided that I'd like to start building a passive income - this has led me to the idea of buy and hold Rental properties as the stock market seems more speculation/appreciation based.Question is, what is a realistic expectation for CASH on CASH % return?  

Although we are hesitant to speculate as to why RealtyShares may be shutting down, I think it's worthwhile to note that we ultimately operate very different business models.

Maybe someday someone will offer me a large sum of money for the various funny/pun/joke URLs I've claimed over time, making it more "e-land speculation" than any sort of legit investment strategy.My understanding is it will not impact the SEO of the website with actual content either way. 

I am seeing buyers overpay because agents are driving the craze of speculation in neighborhoods that have zero long-term sustainability.

And - as MSHB provided me what appears to be the whole onboarding package yesterday (except for the credit report - if any - but I don’t want it anyway,) the page titled “Rental Verification” (and is apparently for prior landlord to fill out during the verification process) is absolutely devoid of any information.Therefore, I just don’t know how else to answer your question about whether they did a background check on this tenant, other than to say: Not likely - based on the “evidence” I have been given so far.All I can say is that, just as you stated, some of the blanks in the app, and especially in combination, and especially in combination what what I can only imagine must have been on the credit report (I am speculating, but basing on personal experience,) should have raised a number of red flags.I may or may not bring up these concerns to MSHB (probably will.)

In the year 2000, after 20 + years as a real estate investor, operator, broker, land speculator and small developer, I decided to get into private lending.

I don't want to speculate further from the contents of the post but there are other concerning flags in the post and I don't think it is a stretch to have some additional concerns about the setup and structure of this transaction.

People are trading a local commute for upwards of a 1-2 hour commute each way, $350 per month rent savings and a bigger house with the goal of saving for a house.We have seen the values for South Santa Clara County through Hollister spike to where it doesn't make sense unless you are speculating on appreciation.