My brother-in-law has been a Realtor for around 2 years and sold / bought ~5 homes. The family is 'kinda' pushing my wife & I to hire him because (1) he's cutting his commission (saving us money), (2) with a mediu...

I see a lot of you in here have success stories but keep wondering if real estate is truly as luxurious as it seems. I have two rentals only but had major issues with either tenant or property Managment and the pain n...

What do you guys do when your contractors or subs up their prices per hour or per job for an exactly same type of work. Do you question them and try to get them back down, bite the bullet and pay if they do a good job...

Looking for thoughts on whether newbies should should be seeking to enter REI starting with multi-family/apartments?

Have at it! :mrgreen:

Hello all! I'm looking for some feedback regarding my thoughts on how to acquire my next buy and hold property. I currently own 4 duplexes in Ames, IA, and after many years of expensive lessons, have finally turned th...

I have about 30k saved.. and I want to buy a second home owner financing. I tried to look many ways and can't seem to find a deal.. what's the easiest or best way to find owner fianancing deals... can't seem to find a...

I observe the term “investor friendly” lender used regularly in these forums either by posters seeking financing or in the manner in which lenders market themselves. In many cases the forum inquiries or forum promotio...

We are currently using Buildium for our property management for our properties along with rentals that we manage for other investors in our market. We are considering a change that's easier to handle online payments, ...

Warren Buffett when asked about his time horizon for investments. He answered with "Our favorite stock holding period is forever.” That got me wondering about real estate as I know folks in the boomer generation that ...