Hello everybody,I live in San Francisco and have always wanted to invest in real estate since I was a kid. My grandmother owns some real estate and has always inspired me to want to do the same.Right now, I definitely...

I know there has been a lot of talk about the government programs/spending on this forum lately. However, here are the numbers that scare me far worse than those.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Americans-Save-Less-in...

I took my family to Park City for a ski trip this year shortly after I read Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The condo we stayed in was great. It seemed very well managed. I have been thinking about buying a rental property the...

So far we have seen two waves of foreclosures... the speculators and the sub prime debacle.

The tide is rising now on the 3rd wave.... those who had great credit, but now have issues because of job losses etc.

To R...

So many new and even many experienced real estate investors have little clue about doing a proper analysis of a deal. With that in mind, I thought it was important to share the article below, written by J. Scott on t...

After furnishing quite a few properties for short-term rentals, we generally have a pretty good sense of how much to budget for furnishing whenever we’re putting together a budget for new properties. Being able to bud...

Hello, everyone. I'd like to start off by saying that I've already argued with people on this topic and I'm not looking to do that anymore especially with the same people since I've learned everything I can from them....

First situation: Apartment was advertised at $1400 for a 2 bed/1 bath house. Prospective tenants had 2 pets and we agreed to increase rent to $1430 (15/pet). Lease was written up with the 2 pets allowed and the rent s...

It's best to have both knoledge and money. But, if you had to have one or the other, you would chose knowledge - of course. In this spirit:

What is the best deal that you've put together requiring $10,000 of YOUR c...