I'm trying to figure out the difference between investors who do, and investors who just talk about investing.....

What finally motivated you to start investing in real estate? What I'm actually really interested in...

HELP!  **I know its long, but please read**
My step brother and I bought a 2 family home in MA, in a great location.  We both work from home, and live in the top unit.  Our tenant is a 61 year old woman, and lives in...

My business partners and I just created a new property management company here in Cincinnati, Ohio to manage the properties in our portfolio.  I am hoping that current PMs and owners who use PMs can offer some tips on...

I found a 10 Unit apartment (6 2-bed, 4 1-bed) that had been sitting on Zillow for more than 6 months!  I added it to my portfolio December 1st. I knew the area and market, drove by and did some basic numbers. The f...

Hello everyone- Please keep in mind- that this post is of my opinion only, based on my knowledge of the US economy and real estate markets. Now, this discussion about a bubble and a crash in the real estate market has...

I was talking about Real Estate Investing with some people at Home Show event, and as I was talking about getting rents up to market rates. A lady in the conversation asked me if I felt guilty about that (raising rent...

I strongly believe whether or not you use debt or don't use debt to buy real estate, it is important to pay off debt that is not related to your RE investments.   All of that interest your paying is money that could b...

I constantly see investors buying up HOA liens at the foreclosure auction and wonder what is the reason? If they had no mortgage or a low balance on the mortgage, I would understand. Most times they are way under wate...