Hi,My wife and I run an online retail business with extremely high "earned income". We want to start investing in real estate to offset that income by one of us becoming a "real estate professional". We don't spend mo...

While the nation struggles through a housing crunch, there are many markets that continue to do well, despite the rest of the country. I thought it would be interesting to see how some local markets are performing.

...

I am a relatively new real estate investor, having purchased my first rental property last year and my second property this year -- both HUD foreclosures which we spent approximately 15K each to rehab. Now, I am looki...

How can I buy a multi-family without using any cash or credit, and cashflowing. i live in south suburbs Tinley park ,Illinois and Im looking to purchase a multi-family building , live in one side and rent the other si...

I am trying to decide whether or not I should keep a single family home or sell it and am looking for advice. Here is the background story.I bought this house as my first home borrowing the down payment from my parent...

Hi, I was wondering whether anyone has had any success finding properties yielding the 1% rule in Southern Ontario? Toronto is out of the question and I have had difficulty finding places even in Kingston, Ontario. In...

Im wondering how the REI world looks upon younger adults when it comes to starting out. For example, im an 18 year old, but very knowledgable. I have a feeling that if I do begin this career as early as I am, then of ...

I'm curious where the seemingly commonplace 50/50 split for NPN joint ventures came from? Is it simply supply/demand in that this price still brings enough capital to the table to do all the deals sponsors are looking...

I have a few properties under my name that I'd like to put under an "anonymous" LLC solely for privacy reasons. I know that I can simply quit claim the properties to the LLC, however this leaves a trail on the auditor...

I'm curious if anyone has run a comparison of the returns on a Self Directed IRA versus simply using after tax cash.

So funding a SDIRA has an obvious benefit, tax savings. With all the deductions and credits, etc e...