Many activities associated with real estate have characteristics of both "investing" and "business". Certainly a passive investor in a real estate limited partnership is an investor. A real estate broker acting as a...

I am setting up an STR this year in a single family house in Ohio City (right outside downtown Cleveland). The house is a 3 bedroom, 2 bath. I was thinking of having the following setup in the house: Room 1: Two queen...

What firms are out there that allow you to invest in real estate from a self directed IRA?I have an existing Scottrade traditional IRA into which I had rolled over my 401(K) from previous employers for consolidation. ...

Obviously this is a very rough-and-dirty method with a lot of assumptions (zillow's accuracy, only looking at median prices, number of units per smf, etc.) but I'm curious on people's thoughts on the validity of it. M...

Hi Everyone,I'm planing to buy a multi Family House(Foreclosures) in Windsor, ON. with the inspiration/knowledge by @Brandon Turner book(RPI) and many other books suggested by @Brandon Turner, In specific looking to f...

I’m looking for somebody that has experience renting a house of 10+ bedrooms on 1-year leases (or by semester). Essentially a privately owned dorm or fraternity/sorority house. I prefer to write my leases by the house...

I do not know about you, but with all the troubles you read about concerning Bank of America it makes you wonder if your money is safe with them. If I had any funds in their bank - I would take it out as fast as possi...

Navy veteran trying to one day quit my job.  I live in Crest Hill IL just outside Joliet or about 45 mins drive to Chicago. I've worked for the VA for about 10 years.  I used my VA loan about 7 years back to buy a sin...

What Are Your Qualifications For Your Tenants?

Hello All,I purchased my first home at the age of 23 (after selling my Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme to fund the down payment) and have been buying and selling real estate on a small scale ever since. I love creating "ne...