I went to tenant/possession court today.  My goal was to determine if it is a good method of finding disillusioned landlords who would want to sell their properties and get out of being a landlord.  I had some time to...

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Several weeks ago, I posted some questions about what I suspected was an un-informed group offering IRA advice. As I suspected the advice was bad, as indicated by the answers I got here, my accountant, an...

Longtime lurker around here - this has been a great place for me to learn over the past few years. Now, I could really use some perspective from people who have been in my shoes.I live in a very expensive area on the ...

Hello, so today I was talking to one of my instructor about real estate. She recently received her real estate license as a hobby and extra source of income as we all know educaters don't get paid much. To tell a litt...

Hi everyone!I am a single mom and physician in Baltimore, MD. I am eager to get into real estate investing, but keep getting stuck on how to start. I find that time is the biggest limiting factor. I also don't have an...

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Any stories to share on house hacking experiences within the NYC area (Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, or Jersey City)? Especially as of recently? When I say stories I mean along the lines of...
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Not sure if you guys listened in on Ben Leybovich's webinar last night, but I have to say I agree with him.He showed how you can drastically come up with a different valuation of a property ALL based on your assumptio...

Hello everybody. My name is Brandon Maxwell and I am an architect in Blacksburg, Virginia. I have wanted to become an architect literally since I was 5 years old. The built environment and the process by which we alte...

Looking for thoughts on whether newbies should should be seeking to enter REI starting with multi-family/apartments?

I see how this rule can be useful, but I think it can't be a deal breaker.  One can make the argument that It is too conservative.  It may only apply to home run investments.  However, it may turn people off to nice i...