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Hi all! My name's L'aura and I'm a newbie located in SLC, UT.A little about myself - I happened into my first rental property when my wife and I bought a house together 10 years ago and we kept my previous house as a...
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Hi everyone,
I wanted to ask a question about how far away (from their home) people are comfortable investing, and the pros/cons of investing further away, maybe far enough that you cannot drive there for a simple re...
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All,
I have recently started training for a career in federal law enforcement. Yesterday I was given a list of field office assignments I can expect to go to and was looking for feedback on the areas below. I am lo...
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Hello,I bought my condo back in 2011 for 220,000. This was our first home purchase in Woodland Hills, Ca. We put enough down where our mortgage payment is around $750.00 per month, HOA dues are around $310.00 per mont...
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I'm calling it now, in a few years, you'll see a 20/20 or dateline show about the post housing boom corrupt REO agents.
It looks like some banks are catching on though...as some require ALL offers to go through their...
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One of our rental properties had a pine tree right on the edge of the property that fell recently into the neighbors yard. The neighbor called me to discuss taking care of it, but does "not want to involve her insuran...
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Anyone afraid of supposed economic bust similar to 2008 - 2013? What are you doing to prepare?
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Getting pretty sick and tired and annoyed with the top contributors in forums just posting random little answers has nothing to do with answering the posted question or helpful. They do it just to get more activity po...
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Hi all! I bought my first owner occupied property in April to get a feel of home ownership. Now, I think its time to step it up a notch. We have saved a good chunk of dollars since buying our first home and for our ne...
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Does it make sense to lessen my 401k and use the extra monthly money to invest in rental property!?