Sam Zell, the head of EQR, became a real estate celebrity when he sold his Equity Office Properties to Blackstone at the very peak of the last real estate bubble.  

@Isaiah Lopez, I don't know why people can't see that this is a legit business.

@Delia Lopez Your are right about the Single member LLC in MOST States.

I posted a link at least year ago to a New York Times article about a celebrity athlete that was prosecuted and is serving two years.

I understand this might be a difficult question as investors usually aren't celebrities and don't become widely known, but I'd like to know about any really successful RE investors, past or present.I like to read the biographies of people that have what I want and see what they went through to get there.

Belinda Lopez If you can't get through to the realtor or the realtor ignores you, have you considered talking to the homeowner directly?

Today, Monday, October 22, 2012, we celebrate our 8th birthday!

Belinda Lopez Have you had to do that before?

My name is Francisco Lopez, I am a 19 year old college student studying business.

But outside-the-city locations pretty much only bring in visitors for vacations (which almost always happen June through August), Christmas, and Thanksgiving, with the odd visitor here and there who's celebrating a birthday or anniversary.What all that means is that you have to plan carefully.