Nader Hachem
Real Estate Vs Other Investments
Curious on what investments people have out there. I'm heavily involved in index fund investing in like 401k and Roth IRA. Is real estate your favorite type of investing? Why or why not? Why would you prefer it agains...
Scott Trench
Trump Policies Will Put Downward Pressure on Real Estate Rents/Prices
I know that anytime Trump's name is mentioned, someone gets triggered. Either the post is too anti-Trump, or too Pro-Trump.
Let me be clear - I do not condemn Trump's policies or necessarily know whether they will b...
Catherine Underwood
3 questions about investing in LA/SoCal
I am looking for Cash flow properties in LA and SoCal. I’ve been doing research and have 3 questions. I am from England, so my questions might be culturally related.Question 1: “Ghetto areas” in LA I’ve found a few p...
Joe S.
Why are most self-employed doing for health insurance?
Why are most self-employed investors doing for health insurance?
Abdul R.
QE3 and Real Estate - Your thoughts
As you may have heard, today Fed annouced QE3 of 40B per month (i.e. printing press) with no end in sight. Precious metals soared instantly along with the stock market. I wonder what it means to the real estate market...
Account Closed
Smoking ban moves to private residences
Washington state is has banned smoking in public places. Now we have a large county attempting to ban smoking in private residences. While, I'm sure that smoking is bad for ones health. There are many other things ...
Nathan Gesner
Landlord Refuses Section 8 and pays the price
The interesting part is that the person reporting the violation earned $5000 from the settlement just for reporting the violation. I don't see any evidence they actually applied and were rejected or in any way injured...
Aaron Burns
Ihan Omar's free rent bill
From what I've seen on youtube, the bill contains the following:1- Free rent for all tenants across the US regardless of income for a year2- Landlords can file for Government assistance which comes with the following ...
Isaac S.
Zero Cash Flow ZCF Exit strategy and/or ZCF DST Funds
I was recently exposed to the use of Zero Cash Flow DST offerings for the same reason you would invest in an individual ZCF asset....for me, I first considered them for the depreciation that would help shelter cash fl...
John Boire
WA Tenants Protected from Discrimination BasedOn Source of Income
I live in Washington State which is very tenant friendly. I have read and used The Book on Managing Rental Properties as a reference and have always approached the Section 8 question from potential tenants with "inco...