I'd like to hear from anyone investing or invested in the Cleveland rental market. I'm looking into purchasing a duplex or two in the Cleveland area for long term rentals.

How will the actual crisis impact the real estate market in your opinion?
The fact is that , justified or not, the crisis has already hit many businesses including hospitality & tourism, transportation, financial...

Hey all, This is a complex situation but my mom is trying to purchase my unlces home  since it's a few miles from my home in a HCOL area.  She's purchasing it for below market value since it needs a lot of work.  The ...

My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...

Intro…Keeping with the spirit of @J Scott 's  “Diary of a New Construction Project” where we jumped into a HUGE project that we never really had done before, “Tear a house down and build a new one back”. This adventu...

I’ve been wanting to become a real estate investor for years now. I have 2 rentals that I did through traditional mortgages but am craving more. BUT EVERY TIME I try to learn more about different ways to actually bec...

I've been on the Dave Ramsey bandwagon for the last several years. His advice definitely worked to get us out of debt and allow us to save a pile of cash. But as I look to get more into real estate investing, there's ...

Is anyone aware of how to qualify a home you built as energy efficient via this irs form?

http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8908.pdf

My tax accountant mentioned this to me and this is the first I've heard of it. Aust...

got this in my email today and I wanted to share it. I like it because it "shows me the math" and how this works. it hit home with me. apologies to anyone who may have seen this already, and if you haven't yet, please...

Below is an excerpt from an interesting read which is also linked below.  The gist is that governmental efforts to regulate, and presumably improve, low income housing, have made such housing unaffordable for low inco...