I have been working on setting up a modest vacation rental in the Portland metro area. In the past, friends of mine were raving about VRBO, telling me it really does work- and they had a reasonable fee structure. But ...

I was wondering if there is a market for properties that require EXTENSIVE work but could be purchased for under 10K. I am primarily an investor that rehabs properties to buy and hold, but I recently found a prope...

I visit fairly often with investors looking at a certain vacation rental property to make an offer on.  I am not a realtor, so I cannot give advice as though I am one, but there are some guidelines that I have used pe...

I want to move forward with setting up a seller financed deal, but am unsure on how to approach and how to structure the deal.
I’ve heard of two structures and want to know if there are any others that anyone has ...

Ok so basically - as long as I buy a similar property within 45 days of selling another (and none are owner occupied) - I can avoid being taxed is that right? Does the 45 days have to be after the sale of the original...

Hello all. New here, but I've been a full time investor for a few years now. Anyway, I'll get to the point. I bought a small REO apartment complex three months ago for $100,000. It was totally trashed. Vandalized...

I have just read an article by Joshua about REOs and in it his last point is

'Note that lenders and banks do not like holding REOs on the books, and try to get rid of these as quickly as possible.'

Why is this and w...

So I have been trying to "START" my gut job renovations on my rental. I've heard from my contractor that specifically Jersey City in New Jersey is one of the MOST DIFFICULT cities to deal with going through the permit...