I guess I'll go ahead and introduce myself.  I'm Derek Ackerman, 39, living near Wichita KS.  I'm looking to invest in buy and hold rental property.  I had a rental property for about 5 years when I lived in Topeka an...

So we are about to get a pretty large settlement of about $30,000. I know a lot of landlords on here caution against people who offer the full lease or any large payment amount up front. But, is it always a bad thing ...

So I attended one of those free "how to get rich" seminars a few weeks back, which turned out to be just a three day sales pitch for the "next level." Anyway, I was interested in the real estate angle so I signed up f...

Hello,I have a house that I split into a duplex, each side bringing in about $1500 each.
This has been a great cash-flowing setup as the house was bought for $362k and we've had it for about 6 years.There are some fo...

I see people every where saying we are in the middle of a real-estate bubble. I also see people working as reps for hedge funds trying to buy up as many rentals as they possibly can.Ask yourself this question. Why wou...

How will deflation affect the property market and what should an investor do if it does brew its ugly head?

Why are economists talking about deflation when so much money is being printed by governments all over the ...

Hi there everyone, what a great community!The long story short is that we went to a 3 day workshop here in Sydney and got 'Sold' the opportunity to make money in the US remotely from here. I was wondering what thought...

Hello,
I’m currently in the process of getting my rental going. I have a potential tenant who is interested in the property and she is willing to pay the entire year lease up front. I was just wondering if anyone has...

I'm considering a property in Memphis that was recently renovated, inside and out.  It's a 2/1, about 900 sqft, and $600 would be market rent, maybe a bit more given the condition of the property. With a sale price of...