Welcome to A Skeptical Dude’s Take on Real Estate: a frank, hopefully insightful, dive into real estate and financial markets. From one real estate investor to another.
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I bought my first rental property in early 2015 (a duplex) which continues to be a success almost 3 years later. For one reason or another, unlike most, I felt a feeling of being content and went back to the sidelines...

I currently signed contracts yesterday for a 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath, 800sqft home on .35 of an acre with a detached 1 car garage. My HUD home inspector is scheduled to meet me and my realtor at the property next week. I al...

Colleagues and friends,The original GOP reform thread started by @Brandon Hall is well over 200 posts by now. This is one of the follow-up threads specifically for discussion of new creative tax planning strategies, i...

Do many seasoned investors recommend to tap into your life insurance cash value as a loan to your self to fund a real estate investment? this that a good strategy for someone that has limited liquid cash in the ba...

I have a property next door and the taxes are owed, it will go for auction February the taxes are only around $300 for the past two years.  The property is only worth  around $6000. I know the past owners are not goin...

I learned this weekend that Ryan Webber passed away on Thursday. Here's the news snippet.

Ryan was one of our earliest BiggerPockets supporters and has helped thousands and thousands of wholesalers with his posts her...

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I am an avid reader so I have read most of the 'normal' RE books (rich dad poor dad, think and grow rich, millionaire next door, finish rich etc.) I am currently reading Trump strategies for Real estate by Georg...

Im tired of reading about all my local CA investors wanting to run out of state for so called "great cash flowing properties". I have purchased (along with some of my investors)  over 2 dozen SFR and MFR positive cash...