I thought I wanted to DIY but a week in and SO MUCH TRIM later, I'm second guessing. Feel like there are so many other things that need to be done and its taking way longer than I anticipated. Is hiring out painting w...

My wife taught elementary in a rough area in Tacoma and in a privileged area in Wallingford. In Tacoma, the elementary kids had to duck under desks as they experienced a drive by shootings. Kids are joining gangs in t...

The inflation alarm bells are on high alert, and investors are jittery.Inflation is unavoidable at this moment, with economists forecasting inflation for 2021. Last week Billionaire' bond king' Jeffrey Gundlach warned...

Recently I have been looking at commercial properties as well as 16+ multi-unit apartment buildings as an investment possibility. As I was looking on loopnet for pure commercial I have been noticing that there seem t...

I put a new refrigerator from Lowes in my house to sell.  During negotiations, the buyer said he worked at an appliance store and preferred a lower price and no refrigerator.  So, I saved it back for my next project. ...

As of this writing, the S&P 500 was down a little over 17% year to date, and in the same period, my passive investments have been kicking off 5-7% monthly distributions, one of my passive investments went full cyc...

Home Depot and Lowe's (and Walmart, etc.) have unfortunately stopped carrying the inexpensive 1" vinyl blinds that use cords for raising/lowering the blinds. They were $5-10 each (depending on size) and work great ...

Anyone ever use Peter Conti & Jerry Nortons' "Quick Flip Money Machine", where they pay $10,000 for Wholesale deals you find? Does anyone know if it's legit?

Finally found something promising in one of my research markets. 40 unit mix with 9 buildings. Current owner has owned it for 10+ years but has pulled cash out of the property. Has two mortgages on it about $95k annu...

Talking with an investor who is in our group that sold 3 triplexes and invested $850k into a DST as part of her retirement plan. She invested in multiple apartment houses. One of the apartments started with 200k in re...