Why do we invest in Real Estate? A few quick answers come to mind: (a) we're interested in making a quick buck. (b) we're lazy.(c) we are interested in owning a fiefdom, over which we reign supreme.Lately, I have thou...

I haven't made a purchase yet but plan on buying distressed homes and fix them up for rentals.
One nightmare that's kept me awake is the idea that the person foreclosed on has poured concrete down the shower/toilet/an...

One of my rental homes in Phoenix will soon be vacant. I have it listed on Zillow and have had tons of people reach out to me about arbitraging my home. I was wondering if anyone has any experience renting to someone ...

I'm sure this have may been discussed before, but I missed it.    I currently use Excel to track all my rev and expenses - I have 11 doors - mostly STR and a few LT.   I need something better to keep track of things. ...

I've seen it thrown around a few times but, I am not sure I fully understand what it is. Please enlighten me.

According to the latest statistics we have now reached the point in this country where 49.5% of the population pays zero income tax. I'm pretty good at math so I've come up with the number of 50.5% do pay some income ...

Hi all,Quick background: I have a house that I am currently renting out. I still have a mortage on it. My mortgage/ins/taxes is $1200 but I am renting it out $1900 a month, so I am making a little cashflow.I plan on g...

I bought a fixer upper about 2 months ago. They had cats! And carpet. Well after demoing half the sheet rock,and pulling the carpet, most of the smell was gone. Of course there were stains in the hardwoods. After vine...

I am in the process of rehabbing a 1860 square foot, 4 bed/2 1/2 bath and will be changing out all the cabinets which give me the flexibility of installing a free standing range, or a drop in range, or separate coo...

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