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Gregory Schwartz What did I just do! Full-time investor during the Coronavirus!
5 April 2020 | 122 replies

Did I pick the best time or the worst time to jump in full time as a real estate investor? 
December 2019 - I very confidently left my full-time job as an active USMC officer making over 100k a year.
January 2020 - ...

Bob B. What will the next housing downturn look like?
29 September 2022 | 14 replies

The entire country has just spent the past decade enjoying one of the longest bull markets of our time.
Financing has been readily available, there have been an abundance of Buyers available for just about any asset ...

Pedro Torres Cash vs Financing on low cost properties?
25 February 2023 | 74 replies

Hello everyone, I'm looking into buying my first property. Currently I have 25k in cash (with 2k added each month from my 9-5 job) and was looking to buy in the east (Milwaukee, Cleveland, or Detroit areas), because o...

Forrest Faulconer Investment properties are great, but let's get PERSONAL.
1 December 2020 | 96 replies

According to the classic Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki says your home is not an asset. This makes sense considering your home is not making you money but demanding repayment from the get-go. Appreciation is no gu...

Colleen F. 1100 electric heat bill for tenants what besides use could be wrong and what can we do ?
17 March 2015 | 83 replies

Just got a call from a tenant parent and the January electric heat bill was $1100.  In past years the highest it went was $800.   The heat is all electric baseboard with one room with under floor heating on slab and o...

Yonah Weiss I'm a Real Estate Investor, but my Degree is in...
2 October 2019 | 170 replies

Do you have a college degree? If so, in what field?
Has that helped you in your real estate investing? Or do you think you could have done with out it?
I am a firm believer that our path in life has lead us where we...

Scott E. Airbnb Guest Refuses to Leave or Pay Rent for 540 Days
17 October 2023 | 76 replies

In an upscale neighborhood in Brentwood California a guy rented out his guest house on Airbnb.His latest guest has now lived in his guest house for years, she hasn't paid rent in 540 days, and she is saying she will n...

Matthew Kirkwold Telling Tenants You're the Property Manager
12 December 2021 | 50 replies

Hello everyone,
I've heard that some people will tell their tenants they are the property manager so that when a dispute comes up they can say the "owner" is the "bad guy" and not them. On the other side of the coin,...

Atwan Kwan How to SAVE on ENERGY????
19 July 2016 | 52 replies

Problem...... - Utilities From HELL!!!!My client has the property from hell, with an old-school forced air furnace.....I was able to get them great tenants at a great rate..... only to find the blood sucking heat drai...

Amie D. Fixing tenant damage
28 July 2019 | 39 replies

I have said to myself that I would not rehab another house, just hire it out. I said I would just work ON the business and no longer in it...
Recently had to evict tenants on a house I was going to put on the market...