The late Zig Ziglar once said, "you can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want."  Do you think this applies to real estate investing?  Seems fairly obvious for r...

We're from the NorthEast and looking to purchase our first investment property other than our current home. We'd like to use it a few times in the winter (Jan/Feb) and rent it for passive income the rest of the year....

Good afternoon all,I am looking to build a small, 600 interior sq ft, 1200 total, on over an acre of land. I own the property, the well has been installed and power is hooked up.  The plans have been drawn up and appr...

This thread in the context of new fees on VRBO/Homeaway prompted me to think of creating this one.I wonder how investors analyze a vacation rental property. Do you try to find a ROI high enough to cover potential pitf...

ok. So a good friend and co-worker of mine (we'll call her "cindy") has a home which she purchased in 2013. At the time her  mother was living in the home and assisting with mortgage payments (although the loan is in ...

Would you ever pay over appraisal price for a turnkey investment property? This is apparently not uncommon in the turnkey investing space.  I wont name the company I'm working with, because I do respect them, and beli...

Hi I have a roof leak on an older rental with a shingle roof. I'm considering some options for repair rather than replace the whole roof. There was a section of the ceiling in the home where we replaced the drywall be...

Howdy my fellow Texas investors. Coming at you from Waco, Texas but my question is about something that will affect Texas as a whole. So I read that Texas has put the option to remove property taxes and replace them w...

So I found a deal for 45k on a single family home valued at 75k. Since the home is under 50k I struggle finding a bank to finance the deal as an investment property. So I applied for a personal loan at 10.9% apr over ...

Hello all, I have a basic investing question: What is considered a positive cashflow when we borrow 100% of the money to invest in a property?In general and simple terms, it will be the money I gain over the money I s...