Hello.  I was recently in talks to purchase a three unit building in Maine.  Original asking price is $110,000.  Owner dropped price to $83,000 after approx. 9 mos on market.  The owner is the son of the deceased prev...

I just left the office of a broker, I know well and who has been an agent over 20 years. She says she had never heard of "wholesaling" and didn't understand how I could market a property "I didn't own". This came up...

You have probably heard about a magical bill that allows more flexibility in usage for your lot and potentially provides more available housing for California residents looking to rent. That bill, of course, is Senate...

i don't understand how it differs from buying sub 2 and then selling using owner financing? thanks in advance for your help.

In light of the recent lawsuit against the National Association of Realtors (NAR), There has been significant discussion regarding real estate commissions following this settlement. Today, I want to take this opportun...

I don't understand how Dave Ramsey was screwed over so bad. He was young, had a lot of debt, but had about $1M in equity. He says the banks he went through were bought out and that the new owners wanted the debts paid...

This my be common sense to some but I have a question about the county assessors values.

There are 3 columns on my local CA site. First one is "fair cash", second is "not capped" and third is "assessed". What...

Hello Everyone! I saw in Chicagoland area that people are buying small houses and build over several floors. I wonder what are the potential profits from those? I saw it mostly in the north subs. For example, they pur...

I have read on it and i still don't think i grasp it. I read a story where someone had a 300k house that went up to 400k in value. they then pulled out the 100k extra and used it get another house. they mentioned t...

When your property is relatively inexpensive, say $200k, and you want cost segregation applied to it - is it worth it to hire a cost segregation firm and pay their fee? Before we explore this question, an important re...