I'm curious if anyone has developed any controls for when they might be forcing a deal that they shouldn't. I know the calculators and info is all here to make safe decisions, but there are also personal goals and sit...

I'm looking at what appears to be a deal at first sight, all the numbers work out, I'm liking it. I would buy and hold this house as a rental. Oddest thing though, it came off the market and back on the market a coupl...

I own a two pieces of raw land in northern California near Redding Chico Sacramento.  I want to buy a manufactured home to place on the properties . I'd like to keep the total cost below 30k and am open to used homes ...

We came across an unusual situation on a buying trip to Idaho recently. We got into contract on a 3/3 SFR. An old house built in 1900 with decent square footage (about 1400, although the tax records are vague). Asking...

I purchased a house in East Austin close to the airport to fix and resale.  House on slab is not level...  one bedroom in front corner of the house is higher than the rest of the house by about 3.5" to 4".    Independ...

Potential SF property for $70k, rent would be $800-900. Upon reviewing paperwork, noted that the foundation is check to have issues and cracks on the wall. Should I even waste my time and money paying appraisals etc o...

I see this home up for sale by owner (3Bd 2 Bth, 2165 sqft) but mentioned "Light-Manufacturing". The post says the home was "grandfathered" into the residential area.What does this mean?I ask because the home is split...

I was burnt out. For nearly fifteen years I had worked as a commercial photographer trying to balance art and commerce. I felt like I had failed. The commerce me had killed the creative me. The problem was that fi...

When you are just getting a cursory showing/walk through are there things I should look for to see if there is a problem between the house and the street? Or with the water service from the street for that matter?Hous...

Should the age of a home worry a real estate investor? Specifically a rental investor? I am looking at obtaining my second rental property and in my area a lot of the homes are old. 60-70 years or even more. Should I ...