So my wife and I are new to real estate in general, both from an investing and personal home standpoint. We have come across an interesting house due to the fact that my aunt and uncle live across the street. In June ...

I went from being in a workers comp case to now being unemployed after the case was over. I'm looking to invest in multi-families, but am hearing it will be hard to get financing for it due to being unemployed...looki...

I just read Marc Stephan's "Unlimited Real Estate Porfit," and loved it. Here in Tucson, however, there seems to be a disconnect between the single family housing and rental markets. Prices are up by 100% in the last ...

I have seen many homebuyers land into trouble when taking emotional decisions in buying property. They purchased the house just because it appears stylish and cozy but did not pay attention to dust coming from an agri...

Hello-Thank you everyone for making this site such a valuable and informative resource.I'm involved with a performing note that is currently paying 12% interest.  There is approximately 17 years remaining on the note ...

Unfortunatly, I have read too many stories lately from people posting on this board that have come into trouble investing in real estate and it seems like 90% of the reason for this is that they went into a deal witho...

I found a house the other day for 49k, a house up the street is selling for 86k and another for 76k. I called on a few houses in that neighborhood and rent is around 700-750. I would need $9800 as my 20% down, have yo...

Investment Info:

Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment.

Purchase price: $287,000

Cash invested: $18,000

Fourplex built in the 1960's. Four identical units, 600 sf each. All 2 bedro...

I am a private lender. In 2007 I funded a second mortgage for an investor who had taken a house subject 2.

Today the house value has dropped and the investor is upside-down in the house. To the best of my knowledge...

In my area the cheapest you can get a home is about 200k. If your lucky you score a 20$/hr job (min is 12$), and get 40k per year, and are still unable to qualify. This is a reality for most people around me, they ren...