How local are real estate markets? Basically, how similar is a market in one neighborhood versus a city in general versus nationally, etc.? If the national real estate market is a hot sellerr's market, how likely woul...

My wife and I are looking to purchase a new home, rent out our current house, and hopefully house hack with the new purchase. The issue that we are running into is that there are very few duplexes in the Phoenix/Phoen...

I had a great pro forma and was very familiar with working in it. However, I saw several other pro formas on this site and wanted to compare just to make sure I was doing everything correctly. I have looked at 4 diffe...

Hey everyone,I am looking to partner up with a friend I graduated with who is also interested in RE. We want to start with a smaller multi-family property and gradually move into large apartment complexes. He is worki...

Hi, I've been searching the internet and MLS for a few weeks to get an idea of prices in my area (central Florida) as I get closer to purchasing my first investment property. I've come across a couple websites that cl...

Hello everyone,What insurance company do you use for your rentals? How much liability coverage do you get? Is it expensive?-Thanks

Hi,

I'm been trying to understand the area of Self Directed IRA / 401ks
for the past few months (albeit in an on and off manner, I've read
several IRS publications on the subject).

I then ran into this Forum today a...

Hi there,I’ve been reading various posts on this site and like the honest opinions that exist here. Too many real estate sites are fluff with no numbers or sense to back up opinions. I’m looking for some strategic adv...

Hey guys! Sorry if this is naive but I figured this is the place to ask my "stupid" questions. How often would you say the "50% rule" of expenses applies in real life?

For example, how many years say in 10 ...

I've heard some chatter (here on BP and other places) about potential issues with land contracts and how they've been ruled as circumventing foreclosure. Can anyone cite and references for this?