What I think COULD be a sign of shifting tastes is more and more young people buying smaller first houses or even downsizing.My wife and I rented out our 2300sf house in a great houston suburb, and purchased a 1000sf house for twice as much closer to town and have not missed it one bit. 

I've been lurking the site for some time now, so it comes time to introduce myself and no longer be a stranger. I was always interested in real estate but never pursued it. I found BP about two years ago and browsed f...

There are several big realtors and home builders here in Houston that are quite active on radio and TV.If you're trying to hit individuals who are in the market to buy or sell now, it's not very efficient because only a small percentage of the people who hear your message have any interest in buying or selling a home at that moment.All of that assumes you're buying time on a large mass-appeal radio station with a market-wide audience.

The numbers don't really make sense for MFRs in Los Angeles, so I'm expanding my search to other southern parts of California, and also going to be looking into Phoenix, Arizona & Dallas/Houston/Austin.Don't really know anyone outside of CA in real estate, so hopefully I meet some experienced realtors/investors that can point me in the right direction.

I know in the past couple years housing prices have rocketed up in Saskatoon due to mine expansions etc, but they seem to have tailed off and both Uranium and Potash seem to have slowed their growth a bit and the oil price drop has effected some of their central and southern jobs as well (Estevan and Kindersley areas).It certainly seems as though the Calgary market is flooded with sales and few purchases since January, but my thought there was there could be potential for finding a better deal if properties are not moving.

So much so that I actually created a management company here in Houston and now manage over 400 homesThe main thing that a management company brings to the table is systems and policy and procedures.

So far, I've only invested in the SW Houston area.  

Someone based in Houston would allow for in-person consultations, but it can probably be done virtually as well.Thanks!

Philly and Birmingham are probably the two biggest markets right now, then there's places like Indy, Houston, Chicago, etc.It's all totally dependent on your goals and comfort levels as to where you want to buy.

I have both 4-plex (2 bedrooms per unit) valued at around $200k and 6-plex (1 bedroom per unit) valued at around $220k properties near McAllen TX and the insurance premium has been sky rocketing the past several years.