There are many data points that are far more important than cap rates, especially for passive investors. The track record of the sponsorship team on a real estate syndication investment should be the top thing you loo...

The more I read about this Murkowski/Miller thing, the less this looks like politics and the more it looks like a personal beef Murkowski had with Palin.

Murkowski rose to her level in Alaska through nepotism and P...

I'm relatively young investor (30) working on putting my first rental property under contract. This community seems to have a fairly low view of stock market investing which is fine, but I thought the following compar...

Does anyone have any experience using a land trust in Washington State?  That is, is such an entity a legally acceptable means of holding title and can title insurance be obtained by the trust's trustee in this state?...

Interested in recommendations of reputable syndications for non accredited investors.Please be sure to reply why you recommend whoever you're recommending.Thank you

What the Republicans seem to have forgotten is that conservatives are conservatives first and if the Republican leadership falls in line, Republicans second. As for the next round, I don't care: Republican, Democrat...

I'm looking at a potential development deal and will be meeting the engineer who drew up some plans for the seller. Since developing land is new to me, I wanted to see what questions the experienced people would a...

What is a good formula to follow when buying a rental property? Let's say in a market where the average property price is around 150-250k? Would the 70% rule work in this market? 

(Price: 100 unit @$4m-$5m PP, @$1m down) 
ACCURATE CONSERVATIVE RETURN NUMBERS FOR APARTMENTS:
Income #1)Cash flow:@8%-10% ROI =$6.7k-$8.3k/month =$80k-$100k/year
Income #2)Principal Pay Down: @33% minimum of $3m m...

One of our development projects (assemblage) is about 8 parcels. Now obviously this is not fun to pay every year. I have a couple questions.

Does anyone have experience with some sort of agriculture agreement with t...