The obvious answer is zero - it's a suicidal strategy! But, here's the full story:I live in SoCal and currently rent but have a down payment saved and ready to buy. Unfortunately, property prices are currently detache...

I am still very new to this so please excuse my ignorance. What are the pros and cons to owning a rental property outright? It seems that cash flow would be significantly increased if you can pay a mortgage off, but t...

Hi All,I'm trying to get my feet wet with my first real estate deal. I have been renting in Austin for the last 5 years and want to attempt at a house hack in a SFR. My GF and I both have good jobs in Austin and see o...

I recently came across the company Replace Your Mortgage. They advise you on HELOC products, banks that offer them and strategies to pay off your mortgage quickly and to invest in real estate with other products tha...

Hi! I have recently started on my real estate journey. This website and the forum is certainly of great help. I was looking to purchase a foreclosed property and in order to do that have been closely following the She...

I have seen several articles claiming that the deductibility of interest for your primary residence is on the chopping block to close our budget gap.

Does anyone know what is happening with this? Who is pushing th...

Hello,
I apologize in advance for the long back story....
I'm a stay at home mom and have been following my husbands Oil career around the world for the past 8 years, we have 1 preschooler and 1 one toddler. During ...

Those here who are familiar with more conventional investing may know about life-cycle funds.  For those who are not, a life-cycle fund is a fund that is chartered in such a way that it invests according to the intere...

I'm looking for some advice on acquiring more rental properties. Right now I have one rental and live in another property with my wife and Kids. Both properties have at least 100k in equity each. I want to use the equ...

[HI guys,

I have found another great 2 family that is an estate sale. I have a chance to pick up the property at a great price. This is an all brick 2 fam. in the heart of where all my others reside. It's really pict...