One stated benefit of investing in real estate is price appreciation.  However, if you look at inflation adjusted real estate prices for the most part there isn't much appreciation.  There are specific points in time ...

I’m 20, and I just dropped out of college to pursue RE full time. It’s not that I was bad at school- I had a 3.1 GPA heading into my junior year, but I just decided that since I have clarity on what I want in life, th...

I want to start a discussion re the due on sale clauseWe are seeing more issues re lenders calling notes due.  Some because of mistakes with insurance.  But, some due to lenders looking.One lender/servicer is HomeLoan...

I am located in Oregon, first time landlord. Our open house is tomorrow and someone has already mentioned they have Section 8 vouchers. My understanding is that it is an opt-in program? But that conflicts with the fac...

My partner, Account Closed and I have been on an incredible journey for the last 12 months! We started our real estate investing business about a year ago, with the goal of retiring from our W-2 jobs within 3 years. W...

I constantly see investors buying up HOA liens at the foreclosure auction and wonder what is the reason? If they had no mortgage or a low balance on the mortgage, I would understand. Most times they are way under wate...

That was really my biggest challange when getting started investing in real estate. i didn't read a lot of the post in the wholesale catagory, but i have not seen one taht address this. When i got started it seemed li...

...Dumb.
[Sorry to be mean.  My comments as an owner -- rant ahead]
Seriously.  How much are you guys paying for your "lists".   How many of you think buying a list of: owners that got a red tag.  owners that got an...

I saw an interesting interview on CNBC today of Colony Capital CEO Tom Barrack whose firm has $34 billion under management. He spoke about the many changes in housing but touched on a real interesting point. He compar...