I admit it: I love old houses, especially those built in the early 1900s.

Yet I always hear savvy investor types talking about only investing in post 1990s houses or similar criteria.

I know real estate invest...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

I'm a local investor and agent here in Columbus Ohio. I wanted to share with you a quick client story of mine (happened just a few weeks ago!) where I helped my client close a 26% cash on cash return deal using seller...

Poverty is near 1960s levels again

No worries, Obama is on top of it.

"The most important anti-poverty effort is growing the economy and making sure there are enough jobs out there," Obama said Friday at a White Ho...

Hello everyone, I recently became more serious about real estate investing.  I'm see myself as a buy-and-hold investor as I want passive income.  I'm learning to crunch the numbers.  Can anyone with more experience te...

I bought a three family property almost exactly a year ago and the three gas boilers are about 15 years old. I live in one of the units and had to replace the water heater for my unit in July. Now the first floor tena...

Hey all,

I was doing some reading on Tesla’s solar shingles (https://www.tesla.com/solarroof), and one of their selling points is that they can cut energy costs by 40-60 percent, and government incentives for solar e...

Ok folks I am looking for input.  Am I cutting it too close because it is a creative financing deal?  Here is the situation.    I met a fellow awhile back when I was in city hall who was registering a fourplex he and ...

I've heard people recently mentioning that the US is headed towards a market correction.  In what ways is this different than a full crash, like in '08?