I just purchased my primary residence in a new city with cash ($350k) and have another $250k sitting in cash.Should I buy our first rental unit(s) with cash (after reserving 6-8 months living expenses)? As context, we...

Don't know much about mobile homes. Have remodeled houses, have contractors, etc but this would be my first Lonnie deal. One of the largest U.S. manufacturers of mobile homes is located in my area so there is a decent...

Hi there,I'm new to REI and BP and currently researching where we might focus offering 'rent to own' lease option services, within the continental US? It seems 'logical' that both the hottest selling and economically ...

I am living in a market (Marin county cali) where everything is going for well over asking, some of them 200k over! I am a newbie and it does not make sense to even start here when everything is over priced. There are...

Just saw a story on 60 minutes about several very large banks manufacturing ownership documents. All related to mortgage forclosures in the past several years. It appears they can not come up with the real title of ow...

A reply on another thread made me wonder about something. Mikeoh mentioned fannie mae is showing 5% appreciation annually over the past 50 years on average. The Rule Of 72 says that to find out how long it takes to do...

I was on a webinar about short sales recently when the speaker stated that he does not attend nor try to influence the BPO. He rationale is that he feels that if he tries to negatively impact the price of the apprais...

Hi everyone. I've been reading and listening to podcasts and hear about all these folks that build these huge portfolios within just a few years. What I can't make sense of though is how can one keep accumulating prop...

I though this would be a interesting topic since people are from all over the world here.What the average cost you need to spend in your area to get a decent rental property that is turn key or if you need to rehab it...

I see more and more investors buying 10k SFR's in low-income areas. They put 5k-7k into rehabbing the house, and renting it to Section 8 for a nice, consistent ROI. I personally know 3 people who do this. They actuall...