I read Aftershock, the latest edition, by the brothers Wiedemer. It was fairly dark, much about our economy being a multi-bubble economy, the weakness in housing for various reasons (including the 50% or so cash tr...

I've been considering getting into note investing but was told to avoid it because of the dodd-frank act could be a big problem. What is this act and why is it a problem for note investors?

I have a friend whose, daughter is getting her first apartment. She only makes 2 times rent and they require 3 times as most do. They would accept her if her father (My friend cosigns). I have not done cosigners so I ...

Just a tip for you all starting out… Don't rent to strippers, hair stylists, bartenders etc…  If they are in the cash business, they are uncollectable.  You need to find someone with a good job that is not worth leavi...

Excited to get started investing in real estate, but would like some advice on best first steps.

I live in a very expensive metro area, which is why investing in a different area is attractive. I am con...

In Panama city, or smaller towns in the country. I've been looking into it recently and checking several options, talking to some locals and expats who invested here. There is a big plus that everything is in USD and ...

Hi, everyone! I was sitting around with a few members of a Meetup group I am in. The question was asked "if you only had $500 to start your first business, how would you use the money?" So, I thought it would be an in...

OK so we bought our 1st rental property...  spent about 10 months of hard work and sweat to completely gut it and put it back into great shape on our own.  Got our tenant and she had a good background check, a job, pr...

Hi! I have the opportunity to make some loans to a home flipping business in FL (structured as an LLC) secured by first position mortgages on residential real estate. I've looked through the laws myself ( http://law....

For those of you reading this is a bit of a rant/story, followed by a couple questions.  Please let me know what I SHOULD have done in this situation, so I can know better in the future.  Thank you for reading.     Th...