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Hey everyone,
First and foremost, thanks in advance for any insight that you can provide. I'm just starting down my investment journey (I have been a part of quite a few deals in my original home state, but now I'm ...
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Welcome to the first 2014 East Bay Meetup!
The last meetup in Oakland was a great exchange, so time for another one! Please post on this forum instead of the old one if you plan to attend, so I can get a ba...
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Hey folks,Total newbie here. I am an accidental landlord wishing to be an intentional one. I own a SFH in an upper middle-class area of NE Seattle. It used to be my family’s primary home but after having kids we mo...
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Didn't see that anyone posted this yet. But I just came across this horrific landlord nightmare story on CNN.com. Where the Nanny stopped doing her job the second she moved in and now refuses to leave and the own...
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I have really been marinating on Brandon’s LAPS acronym (Leads, Analysis, Proposals, Success) and trying to think about where the bottleneck is in my business. I have recently been wondering if my bottleneck has been...
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This kind of attitude scares the SH*T out of me!!! “This time is different” are the words scrawled on the wall of every financial bubble - from the South Sea to the DotCom Bust (1.0) to RE Financial Crisis - before it...
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I have only ever lived in Wisconsin so I do not have a good idea as to how it compares to other places. I know it always seems that the grass is greener in another state but I want to get some sort of consensus.
The...
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Hi everyone. I heard about this website through my loan officer and I'm so glad to stump upon a place where there is so much information. I currently reside in Orange County California. I would like to purchase invest...
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Hi Guys,I'm in desperate need of some advice here. I'm a prospective investor and I've been studying real estate for probably 3 months now. From everything I've read or listened to everyone's biggest piece of advice i...