It has been a while since I posted.  The last 15 months have been pretty traumatic.  In April of last year I found out my wife is cheating on me and she ending up running off with someone from work.  Cue the stereotyp...

Sounds terrible right? Although it may ultimately not be, it wasn’t what I had planned when I started my real estate investing journey 14 months ago. I did zero documentation of my journey online (I should have). I ...

Good morning all,My name is Richard Swift, I am 35 years of age, and just got my California real estate salesperson license to start helping people in the greater Sacramento area. I am also a real estate investor, own...

My tenants (12 guys- a Sober Living home) told me rats were in the garage...where they keep 5 fridges. On inspection, I saw there was a lot of food dribbles and spills from the fridges and the outer door was left open...

We just bought a duplex in the Hudson Valley and are now living in one of the units. Our new tenant has been living there for 7 years and the previous landlord allowed smoking in the unit. We have a strict no smoking ...

With the new year just around the corner, the buzz around goal setting and new year’s resolutions has started to increase as it does every year. Many people will set goals only to look back in a short time with disgu...

Henry David Thoreau, one of my favorite authors, went to the woods to live, in his word, deliberately. He lived at Walden Pond for 26 months, a journey of self reliance and spiritual awakening. “Simplify, simplify”,...

I have been tumbling this question over in my head for a while... what drives people to begin property investing? Obviously there is the obvious "increased wealth" ... but what does that mean for people? And does anyt...

I want to get some feedback on an investment strategy I used in 2003-2005 that I call the "pre-construction flip".  It works like this:Identify high appreciating markets (greater than 12% annual)Identify home builders...

Hello everyone! My name is Anthony Banegas. Some background information about me: I just ended my 3rd year as a college student and am entering my fourth and final year in the Fall, I am 20 years old, I also recently ...