I spent a long time looking for an existing thread on this but could not find one. I have been a reader for a long time and this is the first time I have created a thread because every other time I have found one. Her...

Hi everyone! My husband and I are looking at buying our first investment property. We are trying to decide on trying to find a property in Southern CA/surrounding areas like Phoenix or Nevada or if we should look to i...

Hi everyone-
We haven’t been able to get renters for our 3 bedroom, 2 bath property in Barryville, NY
Now that we are entering into November we are worried that it will be vacant for the winter.
Property manager ha...

I’m a first-time landlord (just signed my first fully-occupied LTR in Jan 2025) and have already run into my first potential tenant issue. I have two long-term tenants in the duplex—one for 5 years and the other for 7...

This is a monologue, but I'm interested to see reactions. I've been mulling over a number of high level things, and think that economic reality in 2022 is very different than people (media, left, right, etc.) perceive...

I am working with two agents who showed me a bunch of MFH properties: mostly duplexes, some 4plexes. One in UW, many in Greenlake, some in Cap Hill/First Hill and a couple in West Seattle. My plan is to house-hack wit...

Below is a chart of the interest rate on the 10 year going back to 1880.  As we all know the 10 year is a reasonable benchmark for mortgage rates.  In other words, or what matters to investors, the 10 year determines ...

Great breakdown from Dave Meyer talking about what happened in 2023 and what to expect in 2024. Take a look at this map showing home price appreciation in 2023: even for me, it is shocking how Wisconsin stands out, al...