I'd love to hear from those who are on the cusp of leaving their 9-5's, their cubicles, their corporate golden handcuffs, for a new life as a passive or not so passive real estate investor.Will it be this year? Are yo...

Do you guys pay to get popcorn ceilings with asbestos removed? or do you guys do it yourself?Is there any advantage or benefit to having it done professionally and providing paperwork to an appraiser during a re-appra...

Hi everyone,I've got a weird question today.  My husband has been working on our ancient 4plex including what started as a small handful of repairs at one of the units where a tenant's been living for about 18 years (...

I wanted to post the story of a rental house that we purchased a few months ago and just got done with a cash out refinance.  The numbers are great and I think they will give some of you the motivation needed to pull ...

Is your rental " pet friendly" ? if no why not?

I have had a interesting discovery recently. At the end of last year, I was finishing updating my financials and I realized that my networth had reached over 1 million dollars. That had been one of my financial goals ...

I just finished cleaning out a property that was damaged because of pets.  Now I put a stiff penalty in the lease for bringing unauthorized animals on or into the property.  Tenants signed lease Feb 1st.  Now, 6 weeks...

Hi all.Is 5.25% on a 30 yr conventional loan with 15% down and excellent credit, about where the market is right now on less than a $250,000 property or should I be shopping lenders, considering I'm using a broker.

After 14 years, my wife just got laid-off indefinitely along with probably 50% of her colleagues. Shes in the aerospace Industry and Boeing was their largest customer by far. 
I'm not predicting gloom and doom for a...