Bill Gulley posted in another thread that he'd rather have "5 150K properties than 20 32K properties, all things considered. Generally, less maintenance, less management efforts, fewer collection problems, less vacanc...

Hello,I will try and keep this as short, but detailed as possible. My experience with RE is at best limited to the BP podcasts and a little reading material, as I have only decided a few months back, that I would like...

There is a bill proposed by Chris Ward district 78 called the California Housing Speculation Act that proposes charging a 25% additional tax (an income surtax) on the profit (above the regular tax collected on the pro...

Hello BP!!!Does anybody have experience being a member of Tax Lien Investment Club. I was quite quick to join them in a "free real estate investment seminar" from  Success Path, but after realizing that Succes Path is...

Hi BP! I recently just closed on my first 3 turnkey homes with Rent To Retirement after being referred to them from a colleague of mine who had invested with them for a few years now. I thought I would start a forum...

If you are interested in mobile home lending as I am then it is time to face the facts that we cannot continue business as usual. The Safe Act only woke me up to the myriad of laws that we should be complying with an...

I've seen so many forum posts advising NOT to give any money to contractors upfront - because so many people have been ripped off by contractors. I've seen many responses from contractors, saying they've got to buy ma...

I know the "50% rule" is bandied about as gospel here in the forums, but haven't seen any actual, hard data that says that operating expenses tend to be ~50% of gross rent income. I'd like to verify this number is, in...

Hi Everyone,Last night I went to a real estate invest presentation.I responded to an ad on Craig’s list and was invited to a presentation. The presenter was really entertaining, he went over the company (Renatus), off...

Stupid things Tenant Applicant’s say.

I had renovated a nice 4/3/2 and put it on the market for lease. Here are some of the comments from people who toured the property during the open house or called me from signa...