Economic Update
(Labor Day Edition)
This crazy bizarre year will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the most challenging times of our lives. A worldwide pandemic, social distancing, facemasks, a recession, histori...

Alright, I'm going to try this deal diary thing out.  I'm one of those people who likes to have everything wrapped up so I can post a success story but this should be a fun process to go through so I'll bring you alon...

I've been trying to get heavier into commercial real estate for ~2 years now. To date I have done 2 commercial deals (1 office and 1 medical) but both came from commercial brokers, and in both cases I was competing wi...

I bought a foreclosure in a million dollar neighborhood.  I live there and rent out the guest apartments and part of the main house.  In the next few months, we're going to start the process of renovating the place so...

If you're a rehabber, what is the best way to learn how to do tiling?  Install cabinets & new flooring?  When I quit my 9 to 5, I plan to be hands on!  

What advice would you give to a first time investor on how to find, what to look for, how to analyze, acquire financing, negotiate, and buy one of these properties in these market conditions?

Does anyone invest outside of the US? Specifically Europe? (I've seen some people do Mexico and south america) I can get my dual citizenship in Germany so I've pondered the idea since I may move there one day.

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I am closing on my 5th house, which is my 7th deal, on October 17th and my plan is to renovation and sell it. I'm buying it from another investor who started writing about it in his BP blog but I won't share those det...

I love the BRRRR approach, but why isn't anyone factoring in their time into their ROI? Even if you have $0 in the deal, you may still have dozens of hours (or more) invested into finding the deal, buying the property...