I learned and evolved in a different real estate universe.The rules we were taught and lived by… were the SAME rules that ALL of the REIAs  and ALL of the Mentors espoused.1) DONT BUY A PROPERTY THAT HAS LESS THAN 25%...

I have never been a big fan of 401k and retirement accounts in general that are invested in mutual funds. I have always thought of it as a "life deferral plan", you put money in, that is money that is lost from your l...

Henry Ford once said, "Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely."

I believe that is the case here.

As most of you know, BiggerPockets has for the past weeks, been planning a real es...

Just watched the 60 minutes special on the homeless crisis. Very concerning when you realize that we are part of the problem. To keep our business profitable we absolutely have to screen tenants for felony’s, rental...

Investment Info:

Condo other investment.

Purchase price: $490,000

Cash invested: $6,400

A 3 Bed, 2.5 Bath 1400+ Sq.Ft. Condo located 3 minutes away from SDSU. This property was purchased using 0% dow...

While using the site Zillow to browse for multi family investment properties I have noticed what they call their "Zestimate." (their estimation of the home's value)  I would like to know how useful other investors hav...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125479559237566623.html?mod=rss_economy

This article is talking about apts nationally. Vacancies continuing to rise and article says they will continue to rise. Tied to unemployment fi...

An upcoming episode of The BiggerPockets Podcast will feature BOTH @Amanda Han and @Brandon Hall answering YOUR questions about taxes - the new tax laws and how they affect regular people AND real estate investors.Wha...

I would like to read an example of some of you guy's creative financing deal structuring you've put together with no &/or little of your own money down. I'm posting this forum to get a better understanding of how ...

I believe this business is all about marketing so beginning tomorrow I'm going to detail for 30 days the marketing types, quantity, frequency and prospect groups.

I'm also going to post actual numbers of dollars sp...