A good tenant often has some reserves of their own so most will continue to pay rent.Since you may be new to the game, know your local laws. 

Life companies are still game but definitely tightening the guidelines and requirements.It will be interesting to see how office and retail sector change through this and the real effects on the CMBS markets with the inevitable defaults coming due the pike. 

Having your friend or relative who is an attorney represent you is a recipe for disaster if they aren’t in the RE game.

If you buy right, and rehab yourself, you’ll be way ahead of the game.

I see life as a chess game and this recession as a crucial part of the game.

I am located In the LA area and am fairly new to the Realestate investment game..

@Donnie Martens BASE HITS WIN GAMES!

A few other tenants in 1-2 duplexes, going on payment plans however not game-changing.

If you have no $ and are getting in the game, I think you are gonna be on the sidelines for a while as the only $ you can get will be hard $ and it will come at such a steep price the deals will not be promising and have a ton of risk

Hi everyone,I am new to the real estate game so I have some  questions.I am going to be purchasing my first live-in property this coming year and am considering one of the below two options:Option A) Taking out a large mortgage for a nice duplex house with a legal basement unit that will help pay the mortgage; orOption B) Taking out a small mortgage on a fixer-upper house, and putting in 30k worth of reno's and then refinancing afterwards.