I flew out to South Carolina to visit my brother and his family and got a call that a small apartment complex had sewage backed up in to the bottom apartment.

While my comfort zone is not DC, I will say in California the time of year makes a HUGE difference on price.

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A cheaper option is to use a company in CA that is owned by First American Title called Tax TItle Services.

Here's a little worksheet I uploaded that will give you a good idea (reality check) of all the expenses and other considerations that you will face with any rental property, but multi-family in particular has more expenses that may not be immediately evident. http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/d1beard/file/buy-and-hold-analysis The Cincinnati REIA is worth a visit (first visit is free), though for me the jury is still out on the value of spending a lot of time with it.

Hello everyone,I just closed on my first property, a triplex in Stockton, CA.

Greetings to everyone, My name is Leo. Currently Active Military and have 1 rental property. I am very new to real estate investing and looking on getting educated more during my off duty time including getting adv...

I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

I’m a ‘fix and hold’ investor from the Bay Area in CA, and loving it!

and a den that would probably have a Murphy bed in it any time someone comes visit from out of town (again, I'd there them).