Hi everyone, I became interested in real estate kind of by accident.  My mother very unfortunately and unexpectedly past away in April of last year with a mortgage and a HILOC still on her house, the house I grew up i...

I think it's surprising nobody finds this worrisome:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/13/AR2009031300703.html?hpid=topnews

Any comments?

If I roll over a 401k from an old job into a self directed IRA,

Can I take 20K from the IRA and use it as a down payment on a property?

The property will cash flow about 200 per month. Is this cash mine to do as I ...

The DJIA closed at $17,833 on January 2, 2015. It closed the year out on December 31, 2015 at $17,425--down 2.2%. If you're IRA or 401K followed the performance of the DOW, you had no gain for the year. Furthermore, t...

I've been told that having too much equity in rental properties is not good. But I have resources that are not working for me. We all know what banks are paying in interest these days. The stock market is too risky. S...

There are many schools of thought out there regarding asset allocation... There are hardcore Real Estate Investors that will only invest in Real Estate and hold cash reserves, and there is a substantial part of the FI...

Well the uber doom-and-gloomers have been decidedly reticent of late. This changed recently in the blog arena. Changes in purchasing patterns of bonds later this year seem to have everyone in a tizzy now.

I renew...

It has been a while since I have seen any tenant/property management horror stories in the forums.  It is important we share these experiences as investors even if we might be embarrassed about the circumstances.  You...