Building a rental portfolio sounds easy when listening to a podcast or reading a blog article where the investor has accumulated dozens of units all at 1% rule multiples.  But what to do in a market where you want to ...

First off. I am not interested in doing anything illegal. I have an owner scheduled to be foreclosed jan 5, 2016. They just contacted me today dec 27th. I'm working on the details but the payoff is about 75% arv.  I a...

I live in expensive New York City and cannot really afford to invest here at the moment. Looking at properties out of state is extremely tempting and looks good. Much less expensive. Any thoughts? Is it a good idea? P...

I'm a fairly new investor looking at multifamily in or near Richmond, CA.  I find a number of properties like this one: https://www.redfin.com/CA/Richmond/4519-Taft-Ave-9...It's listed at $783K.  Three units vacant.  ...

Im buying 2 houses. One is mid-rehab and the other needs to be fully gutted. I plan on finishing the mid rehab house first and then moving onto the other. Problem is someone is living in the other house and his family...

As a property manager I have customers who own investment properties with family members but they don't see eye to eye with that family member when it comes to the investment property.  I'm sure we have all heard stor...

I believe that there are 3 main “stages” of investing. Stage 1 is higher risk, aiming for high returns, wealth accumulation.  Young investors, with low net worths, few family responsibilities, and a willingness to “ro...

California girl here. I'm in the early stages of exploring mid-west areas to buy SFR or 2-4 multi family.  I've heard there is a lot of opportunity in Cincy and Dayton areas. I've never been to OH, or many most mid-we...

Hello all,

It's been busy last 5-6 weeks getting rehab done on couple of my multi-units and getting them rented out. It's been a great learning experience. I just thought I share with the group some of the things I l...

I'll be going down to Charleston on April 14th and I'd like to meet with a real estate agent while I'm there. Is this city known for short term rentals for vacation purposes? Or is it more of a long term rental market...