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...

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...

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...