I started a direct mail marketing campaign here in California the first week of this year looking for open lots to build spec homes in a community I'm familiar with and built in before.  The great news is that I've ha...

So I come home one evening and proudly boast to my my wife, "I bought a trailer park for a really great deal today!" She says, "Well it better not be the one on the news that had the meth explosion!" I think to myself...

I'm a new real estate investor (American expat living in Mexico City) looking for cashflow markets. In my initial research, Cincinnati was highly recommended. I'm open to connecting with any real estate professionals ...

Almost all of the properties in the area are 100 years and older and are known to have lead paint. We gave the tenant all the disclosures at the lease signing.After the child was diagnosed with lead paint, the tenant ...

My checkbook IRA owns a rental property. The rental income just sits there in a non-interest bearing account until I invest in something. This bugs me. I am currently self-managing the property but I'm considering swi...

I am having a little trouble with calculating the maintenance/capex expenses. It is also hard to find comps for this type of property in this area. I would be putting 20% down with a 3 year ARM amortized over 20 years...

I am a teacher so I'm off work for the summer, and I'm focusing 100 percent on growing our REI business.I got two off-market houses under contract last week -- a fix and hold, and a potentially lucrative flip. Great n...

I've sadly come to the conclusion that our country is done, over, kaput! I finally came to this conclusion over the weekend as we were circulating petitions to put a Constitutional Amendment on the November ballot in...

I figured I would share a personal victory here.  @Bryan Hancock and myself have been ramping up our project volume over the last four years and this is turning out to be a banner year.  So much so that I was able to ...

Is it possible to buy properties out of state with 5% down? I keep on hearing people say that you're typically going to want 20-25% down for an investment property but is it still possible to do 5%? Would a piggy back...