When you're hiring a contractor, how do you handle payment. Will they want payment before? If so, it doesn't make much sense to pay until you're sure the work is complete, right?

It makes sense to me to pay half be...

There have been several threads recently about trying to grow portfolios past 4, 10, or X properties. It seems everyone has unique problems based on their credit, income, liquidity, leverage ratios, type of income, e...

Hello all, I understand real estate cycles are market specific, but I've always been curious about the reference to California as a "boom or bust market." Is the term "boom or bust" simply reference to appreciation go...

HUD Home Q&A

What is a HUD Home?
A HUD Home may be a single-family house, a townhome, condominium or other type of residence. The properties were deeded to HUD/FHA by mortgage companies who had foreclosed on FHA-...

Hey All,Long time lurker, first time poster. Recently I read a post about a guy (who shares the same name as me) paid to have a website print and mail his Yellow Letters... from YellowLetters.com. After viewing the si...

I've been using college kids, just out of college, stay at home mom's, etc to work on our crew to help fix our flips.  We subcontract concrete, roofing, and exterior painting, siding, windows if we are doing the whole...

This is from a chapter in the book, [removed] Thought some of you might find it of some value:

Creating value can be as simple as buying a property that’s in great condition and in a great location in a rebounding...

 It seems like the easiest way to invest in EV charging stations would be to have a handful of them in your strip mall or hotel but is anyone investing in actual full charging stations or even aware of any syndicatio...

I am thinking about picking up my Private Money Broker certification, as way of adding an additional stream of income, but I want your advice if you feel the certicication is worth the effort? Is the certification a r...