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Hello,My name is Jason and I'm a new real estate investor. I'm having trouble deciding on a market as this is my first purchase. I plan to purchase a MRH in order to Brrrr. I'm familiar with the following areas either...
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I'm about to buy my first property (house hack duplex) and one unit already has a tenant who according to the description, "doesn't plan on leaving any time soon". If I decide to keep them, should I treat them like a ...
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After some studying on Austin area and biggerpocket's teaching on real estate investment I'm trying to screen some homes in Hutto,TX and Round Rock, TX.
The idea of a duplex seems to be the best solution for ...
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Article on key findings of recently released National Climate Assessment:
http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2014/05/12/2national-climate-assessment-key-findings-part-1/
Interesting map on U.S. coastal ...
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I have been researching real estate cycles and found real estate economist Homer Hoyt theory of 18 year real estate cycle in the 1930's. In the early 90's economist Fred E. Foldvary predicted the real estate crash in ...
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I'm renting out the other side of my duplex and there are 3 people on the lease. One of them just called and said he can't afford rent due to job loss and will be moving out. He said he's looking for a sub-lease alrea...
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This may be the strangest thing I have ever encountered in my time as a landlord. Here's a little background info: This property is managed by my property manager. It is rented at the highest amount it ever has been. ...
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My wife and I had been interested in purchasing a rental property for about a year with the intent of making this a business. She's a teacher, I'm an engineer and we have little faith in the future of Social Security ...
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Unicorns, Sasquatch, Centaurs, Bulk REO Deals . . . they all seem to be mythical creatures.
I've started this discussion because I'm pretty convinced that we will be terminating the BP Bulk REO forum and will require...