How do you tell if a price on a job is too high or not?  When you start out, you bid the work out and get several estimates.  But after a while, you have to stop doing that because the contractors will stop coming aro...

Hey everyone- a friend of mine is looking for feedback/beta users for a tool that calculates the long term cost of any property you're evaluating in minutes.  His idea is to help people analyze long term costs faster ...

Has anyone out there in creative land used futures contracts to hedge interest rate risk on your ARM? I am wondering what futures to use for commercial loans with floaters past year 5 or so. Selling eurodollar futur...

what happens when there is high supply in the market? The prices will go down correct? I am asking this question coz there is a big project going in the same neighborhood where i want to buy a house, it is expected to...

Quick look on the MLS shows that multi family housing prices start at min 500k for a terrible condition home.Ideally I would like to buy a duplex or triplex as my first property out of university but saving enough for...

Can I use future rental income on an investment property to qualify for a mortgage? I will not be living in the property. It will be completely rented out. I have 70% down payment.

I want to get my foot in the door into an untapped hot market but I just don’t know where or how to begin. Before diving, how do I determine what cap rates or areas should I scout for especially for a market that I’m ...

I'm starting the analysis of a multifamily in Houston that is being offered to me. I'm meeting the owner tomorrow to tour the property, get the story behind it and ask her for the proper information to help me calcula...