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I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...
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My wife and I both work and have no kids. We live in Seattle, Washington, where the market is really hot right now. We started looking for our own place back in October, but have yet to land anything. We've put in som...
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Not to play Gloom and Doom as I am genuinely curious. Since I currently am in the process of researching for my first investment property I don't have any first hand knowledge of this situation. From the few (one) t...
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Hello everyone!As the equity market gets more and more unpredictable i'm looking at putting money in real estate rental properties. This will be my first deal and venture into real estate. As i am living in NYC curren...
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Hi! I'm a new investor. I own 3 properties. One is a STR in Joshua Tree, second is a cabin near Sequoia, and the third is a vacant lot in JT that I have listed for sale. I am interested in out of state investing (long...
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The local borough where I own my rental property has come up with a real doozy of a new ordinance to go into effect this January. I'm fairly sure that they wanted a new law to deal with a few problem properties, prob...
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Hey, everyone. I'd like to learn from all you and how you went about picking an out-of-state market to invest in. I believe that in this digital age, I can cherry pick the best markets in the nation and invest there, ...
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As investors we seem to have "formulas" or rules of thumb to help us through our decisions. 1% rule, 70% ARV, etc...Anything that helps you quickly decide when a short term rental is better than a long term rental?I ...
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For those landlords in California, Governor Newsom signed another executive order authorizing local governments to extend current eviction moratoriums two more months, through July 28th. (His previous executive order...
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Just recently spoke to a local investor who has been investing in mobile homes for many years. He also runs a home inspection service which includes mobile home inspections as well. We never actually met in person, bu...