Looks like my 1st property will be an FHA owner-occ quadplex.  I've heard time and time again that there's no need to hire out property management for this small multifamily.  What I'm unsure of is how I would handle ...

I live in a major vacation destination town.  I believe RE prices are still pretty low and will grow a lot.  I'm 53, with few assets, no debt,  and want to get into the market now.I can't afford to buy a home AND  a r...

Hi Guys, I have this crazy idea to sell houses without estate agents. There are numerous benefits to this other then the obviously huge financial benefits as an agents commission on average of 5% is not needed to be p...

Can someone please explain how a 1031 Exchange works?

I'm looking to buy a single family home around Spring 2015 in the Central Valley area of California, namely Turlock, Modesto, Patterson, or Salida. My goal is to buy a home in the $180-$215k range, with no major updat...

Yes L.A. and the OC are great places to live but not the greatest place for the average real estate investor. I did say average because those with cash are still buying. Some are even tearing down the old replacing ...

Just finishing my open house with another list of prospective tenants I had received from Zillow... I have a few questions for my fellow city investors... - What has helped you find the most quality/qualified tenants?...

How would you invest say $800k?[...it is a smaller more winnable lottery ;) ...]I often ask this question to friends to show them that one does not have to wait to learn and have a strategy. This time I'd like to ask ...

cc: @James Hamling So today is very interesting. Job market is extremely robust that we add 300k jobs than 150k predicted job. In theory this should not be good news because then Fed would have reason to keep the inte...

What are all your thoughts these days?