I am refinancing my home to get some cash out so I can have more capital to invest in real estate.  As part of the paperwork, my lender is asking for the reason I am refinancing. How will the lender react if I explain...

I've seen a lot of advertising by gurus and others that encourage people to BUY existing businesses - it could be a real estate business, a merchant wholesaler business, and/or retail.Their argument is that starting a...

Hey guys, thank you in advance for your insight and education. I currently have 9 rental properties but also I play professional baseball with the Chicago White Sox, so I am constantly out of the state and rarely am a...

If you have read my introduction, I explained my situation. I got started with my first property with an owner financed deal. It was already rented with long term renters that write me 6 months of post dated chec...

Hey guys Im new here gound a lot of great info. Fast background: I have a big food service company in Mexico for the last 18 years, started it myself. I started to invest buying apartments in Tucson Az 3 years ago. Ha...

I'm both a Quicken user (need to upgrade soon) and a Quickbooks user.We recently purchased our first cash flowing property. If I were putting in an LLC, no question, I would use Quickbooks. But since we currently own ...

I am looking to move from Michigan to Texas here in the next 3 months or so. As a result, I'll be selling my house and using the gains to put a down payment on a secondary house next to my current rental property. I'v...

I know there has to be a rational explanation for why someone would sell their apartments. If they are making cash flow why would one sell such an asset? Its just something i'm curious about.

I thought we'd start an FAQ for people interested in learning about LLCs. We'll share important posts and blog articles about these structures here. If there is an article or thread you think worth adding, please po...

First off, let me clarify that I am a newbie investor. My goals are to build a portfolio of cash-flowing rental properties, and then in 5 years, consolidate to one or 2 multi-family buildings. I just was introduced to...