Read through the forums but looking for current advice on a strong argument for choosing rentals over non-qualified stocks over the long term. The biggest differences I can see would be the rental 1031 to avoid taxes ...

Looking to trade in my $30k car to improve my debt to income. However, I will definitely take a loss on it as I just purchased it 2 months ago. I recently became set on being a real estate investor and have had buyers...

This is the story of how we – a family of four on one income – house-hacked our way from $0 to $1million in real-estate in less than 2-years, and how just two houses bring in $100k/year in gross rents. Our Two Propert...

Slightly high maintenance tenant brought cats into one of my SFHs. My property manager told them not allowed. They said they removed them. Months later a German Shepard is reported there by neighbors ( my best propert...

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 ...

Hello bay area dwellers,I have been thinking of getting started in real estate by investing in a (MFR) in the bay area. I crunched some numbers to come up with cities that offer highest rent/price ratio (in theory) wh...

I've been trying for almost a year to buy a 2 fam house in Brooklyn, NY. Something always comes up, or my private money has moved on by the time I find something.  I'm leveraging myself alot here and wondering if ther...

I have a duplex in a very popular place in San Diego, CA. I make $1000 over the mortgage and cash flow $800. I’m getting stationed in Florida and would lose a significant amount of cash flow if I had both properties b...

Hello all! I was just thinking before I go to a new small bank and inquire about financing and opening new accounts, how important are the clothes I wear? Let me tell you about my everyday work attire, I’m blue collar...

I put a Condominium Triplex for sale to investors only. I did all the needed analysis for a fix and flip type investors. My price = After Repair value (based on detailed comps analysis)- Detailed & accurate Renova...