Are things softening in the Bay Area, and if so, are you changing/modifying any of your strategy because of it? I was up at Bay Area Wealth Builder's RE meetup in Corte Madera (near Marin) last week with @Kathleen L. ...

Was listening to podcast by George Gammon and Robert Kiyosaki recently. They made the comment that with high market valuations for most RE right now, and record low interest rates, that the debt is now the asset, and...

We are just about to complete our first spec home - a $650k single family ranch style home with 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. I always wanted to build new and despite my almost ten years of remodeling experience there wer...

Recently I received an ad showing that PTH (www.putianhouse.com) is selling pre fabricated houses and ships them from China. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm specifically interested in their light steel vill...

I posted this for discussion on the investment aspects of Detroit.
I am very pro Detroit, but not ready to invest there yet--too many problems.
I think it has a ways to go before I'd be comfortable investing there.=...

How important do you think it is to provide laundry hookups in a SFR?

We are starting rehab on a very small (640 sq ft) home. It will be a 2/1 with detached garage. The former owner had installed laundry hook...

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, 8:00 pm
John Burns says top rental markets about to "explode"

My self and a friend live in nyc and each make a fairly high income. We have plenty of savings and are interested in purchasing a property anywhere from $300k to $700k. We are fortunate that we can get an interest fre...

Last year I had a fire in my 9 unit mixed use building. There were seven apts and 2 storefronts. The building is mostly gutted and we've taken the opportunity to redo the layout to make it flow better since it is a 90...

I'm still doing research and working on saving money in order to invest into real estate some day. I'm curious to what materials YOU use and where do you usually buy them from? As in windows, doors, siding, drywall et...