Has anyone cashed out their 401k to try and get a greater return on their money and use the proceeds to invest in RE? I have contemplated doing this.

I was picking up the rent from one of my tenants tonight, and it occurred to me when they pulled up....every single one of my tenants has a considerably nicer car than me. Also almost all of my tenants (Except the one...

Anyone else getting notified this morning of paused Ashcroft distributions due to refinancing issues? 
We have been working on refinancing the asset in order to access the equity and create liquidity to earnestly res...

For those of you who don't know me, I have been investing in real estate since 1999 and I have acquired about 3,000 apartment units (and houses) and I still own 1,000 apartment units today.I also own 45 houses and sev...

Many investors quote Rich Dad to support their contention that a HOME is not an investment.Often this is done as an argument to invest capital in their commerical real estate deal instead of buying a home. Let me also...

I guess we'll see how that tactic works in November:

Speaking on health care Monday, Senator Diane Feinstein said, "I've gotten 90,000 emails and faxes on the health care bill and over 85,000 of them are against it. ...

Hello All,I've been involved in 2 out-of-state offers so far and feel like I've hit a wall in the areas I was planning to purchase a home/multi-family in. My primary question: Where would you / do you invest? Past exp...

Well a few weeks ago I wrote about a window of investment opportunity. The forecast appears fortuitous? Or somewhat accurate.. In the past 10 days I've had no less than six clients get pre qualified for a potential pr...

I am just starting to acquire rental property and curious what others consider the minimum cash flow requirements for deal analysis. Per month and per unit, after expenses and debt service.  Also, self manage or pay p...

Hey Guys,The name of the game has always been leverage for me. Building wealth can absolutely be accomplished by using credit, OPM, etc. Every now and then, I come across that investor who buys his properties all cash...