Investment Info:

Townhouse buy & hold investment in Virginia Beach.

Purchase price: $196,000

Cash invested: $50,000

This house was pretty rough when we bought it. 20 years of smoking in it left a...

we've evicted a tenant ( total nightmare) upon finally entering the condo after 12 months we've discovered that the tenant has been in prison in another country and prior to being arrested turned the condo into a nigh...

For those of you that are house hacking a SFH or those of you that have in the past, what kind of house rules did you enforce? I'm just looking for some ideas of what needs to be addressed upfront that I may not be th...

My wife and I are getting our feet wet in real estate. We want to house hack potentially through airbnb. We would like to live on the second story and close it off from the guests (vampire style) What are some criteri...

I'm looking for other multi owners who have 1 bedroom units primarily.  I have done a load of research, getting ready to make an offer on a 7 unit building that is frankly hitting between 8 and 12 percent vacancy, and...

Pros and Cons to actual property vs REIT's.  I have a friend who is heavily invested in REIT's and has had success.  I have always leaned more towards owning an actual property because of the equity you build and cash...

I had an interesting conversation with a police officer the other day. We discovered a bum sleeping in a dumpster bin enclosure. We keep running him off however at night he returns. The cop said the best way to rid...

The Richest Man in Babylon by George Samuel Clason: “To attract goodluck to oneself, it is necessary to take advantage of opportunities” “Men of action are favored by the goodness of good luck”One of the most importan...

Lots of people have asked me how to start doing a "Rental Arbitrage" in STR (short term rentals - Airbnb is most popular but VRBO is another way).Rental arbitrage is you as the investor rents a home and becomes the te...

Midnight thoughts here, so please forgive me if this is crazy talk--I'm currently flipping in a low income area, roughly 80% Hispanic demographic. Our buyers for our projects have no credit, and most of the time, no s...