Hello all,I am a new investor based out in the Sacramento metro area. One of the out-of-state markets we like is Indianapolis. My wife and I have done some preliminary research and we decided that turnkey is the best ...

When you are starting out your real estate investment business make sure you have the proper team in place to guide you through the process. One of the biggest issues I see, as a licensed insurance professional that f...

Hey all, I am a newer investor in Lexington KY.  We have a quad we bought about 3 months ago with a conventional 30 year loan.  We formed an LLC but still haven't had time to quick change it over.  In the meantime, we...

There are mobile homes everywhere for sale, particularly in the Tampa Bay area. HOWEVER, there's no strategy to buying and selling for a decent profit, or at least I haven't figured it out.  The biggest issue is the p...

Hi all,I'm trying to decide what the "best" business entity and/or strategy would be to purchase rental property? I have saved up the funds I need to buy my first SF rental property and want to know what is the best w...

Hey everybody,
My name is Zach Schnautz and I'm a semi-long term lurker here just starting to post on the forums. I currently work as a facilities manager for a private school on the east side of Seattle in a city n...

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I just about finished this book and found it to be pretty incredible to read and learn from. For any newbies out there like me, this book was really helpful and explaining how people build and creat...

So there has been some uprising in the discussion of Sub2 investing and the Due On Sale Clause.

Most recently, a blog post of mine titled: Attention: Residential Real Estate Agents

The topic of that blog post was t...

I am in the beginning stages (just setting up website and getting business cards) and I was thinking that leveraging the older marketing of the "We buy ugly houses" might be a good idea.  I settled on the name Steve B...

One of my biggest peeves is a steep water bill.  I hate when toilets run or in one case overflowed and tenants don't tell me about it.  Has anyone ever used an auto shut off valve when a leak is detected? Specifically...