I believe I once read something to the effect of "if you close more than one out of ten offers, you're paying too much." It may have been one out of 30, but I'm curious if others feel that way today. With the books fr...

This is me and my husbands first out to market rental, potential tenant inquires if we allow pit bulls.  We have another tenant that we inherited at purchase of property that has a pit bull and poodle.  Property is a ...

I wanna learn and start young but I work at restaurant and barely have enough money to pay my bills. I wanna work hard and get lead into the right direction and multiply my year to date income.

We bought a home in one of the nicer zip codes in our city, in the top school district at what we thought was a deal. We put a significant amount of money into the house and have received excellent feedback on the ren...

There's been a lot of discussion on the forums as it relates to differentiating bad debt from good.  The most common view on BP is that any debt which does not produce investment returns is bad debt.I, for the most pa...

Not sure how we end up where we do, but in 2009 I found myself firmly on my way to shaking hands with the ‘American Dream’. My parents were so proud, I was a college grad and working as an engineer for Chevron. Tasked...

Hello All, The commercial RE forum seemed like the best place to post this.I just wanted to share before and after pics of our first bar/restaurant build out!  This is our first project and we have certainly learned a...

My husband and I recently met a couple who were rehabbing a rental and noticed that they were driving a very nice luxurious  SUV, now we learned they have had rentals for 40 years and were ready to begin to sell off s...

Summary: I want to become a real estate investor in Hawaii. And I have a bunch of questions. Any advice is appreciated but specific answers preferred.1. Should I sell my $400k home in Alaska or try to rent it out?...

Hello,I am completely burned out on finding deals using bandit signs.  I would like to create a system that is more targeted and scalable & have decided to test out direct mail to tax delinquent properties.  Tryin...