Keeping it simple:I purchased 7 acres of land within 1 mile of a private university. Zoned for residential (single and multifamily, attached and detached). Only 1 house on the land which is too far gone to be renovate...

I just closed on my 1st investment property! It was listed as a 3/1 foreclosure; however when I walked the property with my agent it looks like a 2/1 with a single car garage attached by a breezeway that had previousl...

I am currently a Senior in high school, and am considering various ways that I can start investing in real estate while I’m in college.One idea I’ve had and am interested in is buying a house near campus, living in on...

So I have been investing in single-family houses for over 20 years now. In about a year I’ll be 50. Technically I don’t have to buy any more houses at least from where I’m standing I live modestly from my perspective,...

I have been addicted to this site for quite some time now. I've always been a reader my entire life but never much of a writer. As part of my New Years plan, I wanted to get more involved and actually give back to Big...

If I were to guess, here's what my friends did today:@Serge S. spend today thinking hard about the next $500,000@Brian Burke took his wife in his plane to Malibu, or something, and spent money he has@Brandon Turner to...

How are you guys building your teams for rehabs?

The way I see it there are 4 basic options:

1) Hire a guy (or two) to work directly for my llc (W-2 employee) pay hourly.

2) Hire a guy (or two) to work on a project...

This is an open discussion about non-profits providing or facilitating special needs or specialty housing, yet doing so profitably for those who operate the housing services. This has basically arisen out of another t...

In much of the research I have done I have been struggling to find rental properties that are going to be able to cash flow well in this economy. I am looking at investing for the long term and am okay with getting in...

I made an offer this weekend on a property that was priced too high to make a profit. Listed for 320k, with rental comps around $2500/mo, which would cashflow negatively ~$500/mo, no thanks! ARV was 400k on this and i...