Hi everyone, my name is Ruben and I am interested in learning to invest in Real Estate.

Hello,My name is Ryan I am new to real estate investing, but have some knowlege from books etc. on real estate.

However, in order to initiate a "rent strike" and not pay rent, at least in Texas, there are specific notification and response windows that have to be met (by the tenant) and failed (by the landlord) before the tenant can take any of this action.If you have your requests and invoices for the efforts to remedy the situations, if the issues named were never reported, and If the report appears retaliatory in intent, you're probably in good shape.

My name is Max, and I live in Los Angeles, having moved from Brooklyn, NY, in early 2013.

My name is Alex and I'm an actuary looking to get started in real estate investment while keeping my full time job.

Hi Raj,Are the properties under a LLC or under his personal name.

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Hello,My name is Serena Joyce and I'm clueless about real estate investing; but have a strong desire to learn everything there is to know about it.

My biggest fear is working with a lousy general contractor (takes money and runs, shoddy work, slow, cost overrun, etc.)Would anyone be kind enough to share how they approach this?