What in your opinion makes for good cash on cash returns? Now I know this can vary depending on the risk of the area, but generally speaking what do you expect?

I see companies advertising 25% cash on cash returns...

All this talk about using realtors or listing with flat fee services...I just made an account with Zillow and listed a house for free, and they said it will be on Trulia also.Am I missing something? No listing fees wh...

Hello everyone!I started looking up what are the estimate closing costs in my areaand I found a calculator from one of the banks. The result was - estimate closing costs, including prepaid items and escrow account fun...

First of all thanks to all the people that gave me advice on advertising. Got a sign in the yard and I'm on craigslist. No less than 5 minutes after post on CL, somebody called my cell. I was laughing and had to tr...

After going through litigation against our sister, with regards to our family estate, my brother and I are property rich and cash poor (our sister embezzled almost a million from the estate). We have fairly large vaca...

Glad to be finished with the studying since i have gotten my illinois and michigan sales license pretty much back to back wasn't planned this way just the way that life had went over the last few months. I have a coup...

Hi everyone!For a 1031 exchange, I'm aware that you must identify a property within 45 days, and acquire the property within 180 days. My question is: are you only able to acquire properties in that 180 day period tha...

If you know your tenant is going to use their security deposit to pay their last months rent, what are some things that as a landlord we can do to hold them accountable for the costs associated with the security depos...

Warning... This is a mini rant.I have had this happen more than once but today it just really bothers me for some reason. A "wholesaler" that is in our area has repeatedly tried to sell us deals that are not his. His ...

I just finished reading this thread and all 215 posts. It caught my attention because it reminded me of my early days in real estate. I have no reason to doubt the authors information and want to congratulate David Zh...