I am thinking about buying a 3 Unit MF house within 1 hour of train/bus commute to NYC for about 300-400k. The issue is, this is in the hood. I plan on being in and out within 2 years of renovation and renting out eve...

Over the years my preference in flooring has changed a lot. I started out with carpet, then moved to refinished hardwoods in older homes, then I started exclusively using Allure Vinyl Planks (glue ones). Now I'm not s...

What do you think about the following AP story from The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA?

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Federal report says home-flipping drove the housing bubble

By Cristina Silva

The Associated Press

Publis...

Straight Outta Stockton - Anatomy of another Stockton “Deal”In a previous post I made some bold general statements regarding how hard it is to find an even halfway decent deal on the MLS in Stockton, CA. As a sort of ...

I don't understand people who are long term tenants, and the logic behinds it bothers me. They are paying monthly rent to other people, which doesn't make sense to me. If they have money to pay rent each month for lon...

Hi there fellow investors!We've done our first turnkey purchase with Morris Invest in Indianapolis about 6 month ago. A house in a C neighborhood near downtown, for about 50k. For this price the house was supposed  to...

Hi Guys! I am planning to buy a duplex using FHA loan so I can make a downpayment of 3.5%. Is it possible to keep the one unit vacant and not live in there? I just want to have the benefits of the low downpayment. (ho...

I'm curious to see how many people actually have enough deductions to not pay any income tax on their cashflow at the end of the year? If you own buy and hold properties, do you pay tax at the end of the year, or not?...

Hi everyone! I'd love some advice. I have $2.2 m to invest on property in the US this year. We just had twins so I need to restrict my travel. I'm based in San Francisco, and so investing locally is out. I initially w...