Hi!My husband and I decided we want to take advantage of the equity in our primary home in LA County and start investing. We absolutely cannot afford anything local, but after visiting family in Detroit this summer we...

Melody Wright says the Housing Market is set for a Category 5 Storm. Great video.
Housing Market Set For A "Cat 5" Storm, Worse Than The Great Financial Crisis | Melody Wright

A elderly family member has a 1,300 acre ranch that she's looking to sell. She claims it's worth at least $1M, but she's willing to sell for $750K to family, in exchange for a minor concession (i.e., another family me...

Two articles that appeared in the trade press yesterday suggest that it may be happening.First, in Globe Street, there appeared an article called "In Volume Dropoff, It's 2017, Not 2007."This article cited a Real Capi...

I’m 22 years old and I livin Texas I have some cash on hand right now now and I don’t wanna blow it, I want to do something in real estate or anything that has good returns please let me know, thank you!

Podcast 19 really brought something to the front of my mind (sorry I know I just started listening to the podcasts).  Everyone always talks about the market trends or climate.  I have also heard about market cycles (a...

I took the leap and bought two rental properties (4 units each) over the last year.  I have made a lot of mistakes so far, and I know that, and I can't go back and change it - but I'm writing this now because I don't ...

The history of markets tells us that we will always have a crash.  

This graph shows total consumer debt in the US since 2003
Housing crashes come from over indebtedness, this graph shows that US consumers have mo...

Just curious what other investors think. Is this just another hype deal or is this a new reality for possible rent collection?
Side note, I tried to sell a house for bitcoin in 2013 with no takers or even one response.

How does one decide how much capital to invest in their first deal? What percentage of your total assets should go towards a down payment for deal #1? I feel I should plan for the worst and be as conservative as possi...