Is it foolish to use a Home Equity Line of Credit as a down payment on an investment property?  We have our primary residence payed off and have been approved for a line of credit on the house at 5.25% for 10 years.  ...

Hi, I'm just starting out as an independent landlord and have found the maintenance requests and sourcing of qualified maintenance people difficult. Is there a tool or service that can help me find people quickly? Rig...

A friend of mine came to me to start a small side business on weekends and some weekdays. He wants to become a hotdog vendor and would like me to be his business partner. He's getting everything we need as far as the ...

Hi, I am new to the real estate investing world and lately I have been trying to read every book about real estate that I can.  Most of the books that I have been able to find are in regard to small multi-families or ...

There is a syndication in which my wife and I would like to invest alongside with another couple.  We have discussed forming an LLC to make such an investment together (e.g., we, as an LLC, would be one of several inv...

Does anyone have any experience and/or some resources that pertain to converting an old school into livable space?  This is something that I can't really seem to find a lot of information about, but I'd really like to...

So, I am quickly discovering that there are a lot of attractive multifamily properties in the area on MLS, but MLS has really limited financial data...is this common? Is pro forma not a listing requirement? 

I am looking at a 160 unit storage unit complex.
What should be the cap rate be?
I figured 10%
What are the occupancy rates should I figure?
I used 85% but not sure how much turn over there is in storage units. I ...

I recently came into some money and want to put it to good use.  I currently have a 3 family and plan to spend some of it fixing up heating system, painting, and remodeling 3 bathrooms.  The rest I plan to put into an...