In my lovely area of Seattle, the city council and the entire state government here are socialists. I live in the People's Republic of Seattle. The liberal government here believes that it is evil to make a profit.1) ...

My Wife and I would like to buy another property here in Ventura County CA near us but we are looking at 7-800K, maybe a little less if a fixer. Do we use all our cash to do something in our back yard which will appre...

We had the sidewalk and driveway redone on the tenant side of our duplex. Yesterday the concrete was poured. This afternoon I noticed that a smile, a pentagram and a third illegible mark had been inscribed in the now ...

I just saw the latest proposed insanity, set to be voted on by the Seattle City Council next Monday.  I would be surprised if it does not pass.   This one would ban all criminal background checks by landlords of prosp...

I don't quite understand the american ideal sometimes; now here i go. i'm starting this because it was request, i understand we all come from different places and look at the same situations differently but please no ...

Our team in Indiana has hired a lobbyist to represent the interests of housing providers and investors.  One of our first objectives is to replace the word "landlord" with "housing provider" in ALL pieces of legislati...

If your thinking of starting to flip fixer uppers, buying your first buy and hold, or your just starting out in RE investment. It would be best to put those plans on hold for at least a few months. Just wait and see w...

I am sure many of you will disagree with me, but I am seeing a lot of posts talk about “today’s high interest rates”I believe there are many of us who view today’s rates to be more of the norm versus the outlier.If yo...

I'm trying to work through some investing thoughts and would love to hear other people’s thoughts/opinions!Theoretically, right now, I could sell one of my rent houses and not have to pay capital gains on it (because ...