For the last few years Stockton CA buy-and-hold rental property used to be a virtual no-brainer. Now the market for conforming multi-family property is at a turning point, breaking through the floor dictated by the 1%...

I just enrolled in my companie's 403B tax deferered retirement "match" program. I don't plan to wait that long to retire. I am serious about using real estate as a tool to escape the life of being a paid slave. I just...

My husband and I are looking to buy an apartment complex in the next year. We are working on our investing education as well as our criteria. Ideally we would like at least 15 units. We have 550k in cash and would be ...

I'm in a bit of a pickle on closing right now.  I was under contract for a duplex for $165K "as-is, where-is" but on the home inspection, we discovered a leaking pipe in the bathroom which was flooding the bathroom/ad...

I live near the Portland Metro area and my goal with real estate is to buy and hold to build passive income to replace the income from my job.  I currently do not own any rentals and only have experience buying two pe...

What's going on BP!It's been a minute.I wrote previous member blog articles about transitioning from duplexes and four-plexes into apartment building investing. We did that in 2 markets simultaneously:Jacksonville FL ...

How is your MF market price appreciation?I hear a lot of folks claiming their market is on "fire", but nobody ever supports that with data...our local MF market in Columbus, Ohio has appreciated at a year-over average...

Today I won two separate auctions for two foreclosed properties in Baltimore, Maryland. One for $12,100 and the other for $18,700. They both need work as well. To top it off Im using personal loans to pay for them. I ...

Have you ever read a post on one of these forums saying something like, “I would never invest in California/Detroit because it is a horrible place to invest.” Or “C-class neighborhoods only look good on paper but you ...