While attending this weekends fantastic San Francisco Real Estate Networking Summit with nearly 200 investors from the BP (unofficial event), there was the usual discussion about APPRECIATION.After listing to some of ...

Hi all, I am getting ready to close on my second deal and its a whole sale deal that seemed to be awesome until i find out yesterday it has $100,000 fines in code enforcement violations since 2013. The wholesaler whic...

Assuming you have no other major obligations or constraints (i.e. family, job, finances) guiding you and could pick any place in the USA to move and build/start a real estate portfolio, which city would you start?You ...

Hi there,I was wondering if anyone had any interesting deals with contractors to offer them a piece of the pie when rehabbing a house. The ultimate goal is to keep the construction costs low which gives you bigger ret...

Hello folks,I live in the NY/NJ metro area. I keep hearing that the real estate bubble is around the corner and unable to proceed to make big investments. Some background : During 2008-2009,the metro NY didn't really ...

Just curious as to what your story is, its very motivating. How did you get started and where are you at now?

I was recently asked about Personal Guarantors being used to back lots properties. Has anyone ever tried using PG's as a strategy to purchase more properties? I was doing research and I just cannot see people or co...

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Would you deem it a gamble to take out a 1,000$-3,000$ personal loan to run a marketing campaign for your business via yellow letters, bandit signs, driving 4 $$, etc? I originally planned on d...

Is raffling a house legal?

Do the experts here think the real estate values will explode with the arrival of a casino in Madera, CA? I have non Real estate people around me, who don’t think anything of it. but I think this is going to make M...