It's that time again...The light is on and I'm taking questions.  If you've read a real estate book, gone through some real estate forums, watched some videos and you KNOW you want to become a real estate investor but...

If you have cash, should you use it or is it better to use leverage if you can?  So far, I've almost exclusively used cash to build our small portfolio.  My goal for the year was to fully replace my current after tax ...

Who's your favorite fake guru?
Oh my... this is not an easy question - so many to chose from. From the fake lifestyles, the rented yachts, private jets, Lamborghini's/ Ferrari's, and most of all the fake success. One...

My girlfriend and I have been saving money for a down payment on our first rental property and had initially been looking at single family properties and multifamily properties in upstate New York. In May 2017 I came ...

I posted this elsewhere but figured I'd share my 5+ year ongoing story of buying rental properties to encourage members here. Personal Background
Most of my childhood was spent growing up inside a tenant house on a...

I am a general contractor that partnered with 3 investors to flip a house. We all agreed to hire my company to do the renovation and agreed on a set budget and got a contract by my company. My company completed the re...

I've been thinking what people would do (or rather, what's the best thing to do) when they receive a lump sum of money for whatever reason.
Would you...
1. Pay off your primary residence (90-100%), and invest the re...

Hi all, I'm a new member here, I've been wanting to own rental properties for a while and finally, I pulled the trigger and now in the process of my first rental!! After I sign the contract, I feel like I'm getting cl...

As the number of investors swell, so do the number of "so called hard money lenders" Since the recession, a lot of hard money lenders, or as I will call them, "pretend hard money lenders" ask you this question. How mu...

Or have you? A woman I recently dated also has a rental portfolio and retired in her 30's. She met a lady in California who told her as you get older you won't want to deal with the hassle of tenants and rentals or PM...