Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...

(I'm kind of copying @joederobertis' other post asking for predictions about beachcities poised to boom.)Since so many neighborhoods in LA have been gentrifying recently into "cool yuppy/hipster" areas.  Heck even San...

I am not a fan of the 2% rule, although I will say I think rent/cost is my favorite calculation. We usually determine what type of rent/cost we can accept in any given area and go from there. According to Gary Keller,...

Or have you? A woman I recently dated also has a rental portfolio and retired in her 30's. She met a lady in California who told her as you get older you won't want to deal with the hassle of tenants and rentals or PM...

STR... good, bad, or depends?
I live in Frisco, CO nestled between 5 ski resorts, lovely Lake Dillon, and a 1.5 hour drive to the growing metro area of Denver.
We are not alone here, but in Frisco, there is a big wo...

We are moving from Long Beach, CA to Chandler, AZ.  We are trying to decide what to do with our current house.  I asked a friend and he posed an interesting question.  Imagine you had $350k (which is the cash our equi...

We are thinking of buying a rental beach house or bay side house in the  Galveston / Crystal Beach area. Does anyone have some good information on the recent insurance ratings, building codes or any other news of pert...

With 30 yr fixed rates close to the  8's,  are we finally going to see a pullback in demand in San diego?  That coupled with seasonality.

I own and manage 6 units with $100K in gross rents, all cash-flowing in the Bay Area, while working an "officially" full-time job. Bought the last directly through listing agent, and in contract on 2 duplexes right...

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...