I own a nice home in a nice area.  Similar house on the corner just closed for $710,000.  3 bedroom home, 2.5 bath, nice but really kinda basic.  It's a great neighborhood and the best school in the county is just dow...

                                                            Economic Update
                                                            (August 3-7, 2020)

It’s 2020; a crazy C-R-A-Z-Y year. We are in the land ...

Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...

I was recently in Los Angeles and I saw all sort of posters in Korea town - which has a lot of hard working people who have brought it up from the 90s -- LA riots, slums, etc. There are posters that say "Housing is a ...

Anyone see this?Oakland bans criminal background checks on potential tenantshttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-21/oakland-bans-criminal-background-checks-on-potential-tenants1. Is this fair to the law-ab...

I admit that I am freaking out a bit about a problem I have run into. I consider myself pretty experienced in REI. I have bought dozens of properties at sheriff sale and researched 1000's and I am in the middle of a...

The real estate market for now is on fire. All 20 largest metros had positive gains from Mar'17 to Mar'18. Some cities like Seattle, Las Vegas, and San Francisco had double digit gains, but overall all cities had posi...

I am a total newbie in this forum so sorry if i'm writing about a subject that sounds like a broken record but i need some advice (and comfort!). My husband has been landlording for about 2 years and he recently asked...

We currently own several rental properties in Florida (Miami, Jacksonville, and Tampa). We are looking to refi a few of our properties and to invest in building and operating an apartment building in the Dominican Rep...