When the good times are rolling we often forget to think about the negatives. That said I decided it might be a good time to Stress Test my real estate portfolio, before I went on another expansion/acquisition round i...

Hi All,My wife and I own an investment property in California. The home warranty originally purchased as a primary residence with an FHA 30 year mortgage. We have ~20 years left on the mortgage and the fixed rate is 5...

Does anyone use this formula when analyzing a potential investment?

I'm looking at different methods of analysis but I'm having a problem at one part.

Here's an excerpt: The percentage of loan paid off in the hold...

Looking for recommendations for a great HELOC lender in San Diego, CA (rates, responsiveness, etc.). 

Example:1. Seller owns an investment house FREE and CLEAR. 2. Seller bought house 6 years ago  at $350,000 as investment property.3. Market price now $550,000 4.  Seller refi's at 70% LTV = $385,000, 30 year at 5%; PM...

Any thoughts on what you are all seeing right now for triplex new construction in the city? Any thoughts on the average $/sf. Construction includes full underground level. Lot is undeveloped at this time. 

I am a first year student at Binghamton researching a foray into real estate. My interesting is making money through real estate in order to save up and create more capital for investment and to eventually transform t...

Just purchased a 24 unit Trailer Park, purchase price $300K.  All the trailers are tenant owned.  There is a long term onsite manager.   Currently a 3rd party reads electric meters, prepares a statement for each tenan...

When analyzing a property for its ARV using comps, do you pay more attention to the number of beds/baths or to the square footage?

Hello everyone, I am looking to purchase a lot in a subdivision that has about 12 houses built already and some of them are already sold. The developer apparently found a bigger project so he is selling lots that are ...