Something I remember reading in Josh Dorkin's book, about economic cycles, is that one sign you're in the Peak Phase of a real estate market is that there are real estate gurus everywhere.I can't stop seeing this now....

There's so much in this business that I just don't understand. On a fairly regular basis I will get a call from someone who needs to rent or they want to buy with owner-financing. And they have no money for the d...

There has been a lot of talk of people moving out of California. To this effect, the Los Angeles Times has an article that goes by the subject "High taxes be damned, the rich keep moving to California". Has anyone rea...

I'm looking to get bids for a rehab project in my house, and as such, have sought out general contractors.

I contacted 6 contractors over the past 3 weeks. Of these, 5 have come to get the scope of the project and a...

For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...

I’m new to real estate. I’ve been reading tons of blogs and books which have raised a red flag that college education isn’t the only thing I need to be financially free Funny because this is what my poor dad has be...

I am first going to say that this is very difficult to write about. The motivation to compile so much intricate information that is held in a mostly emotional state and convert those feelings into words articulated s...

Hi I am a newbie at investing in real estate and looking into buying a rental property that will generate positive cash flow plus have some appreciation prospects. I am looking at something around $250K. At this time ...

We started this journey 2 years ago - We just pulled off our best deal yet! After going through the ups and downs of dealing with Section 8 Landlording, we finally learned how to maximize our profit per door. We focus...