Hi guys,

I am in the process of negotiating a purchase contract for a house. The verbally agreed upon selling price is 128,000. The seller's brother (a real estate attorney) wrote the contract using standard state f...

I own a couple of empty lake lots in my self-directed Roth IRA. Am I allowed to mow the lawn on them? Or maybe doing a little removing of brush by hand? Thank you, Bruce

Not that the answer will change anything just bugs my curious mind.. looking at all options as I head towards a first purchase in the spring and it seems like private money is effectively not on the list for any terms...

Is a college degree really necessary for an agent? I’m in the middle of my senior year of high school and I do not want to go to college because I feel like it’s worthless for an entrepreneur. Any advice is much appr...

I find myself in a bit of a dilemma. My tenants had to be out of their home for almost 2 weeks due to no negligence of their own or mine (sewer main collapsed).  Unfortunately, insurance did not cover it so it came ou...

Hi, I'm Paul. I moved to Sunnyvale, California one year ago. I work as a Product Marketing Manager for a tech company. I turn 30 in September and would like to buy my first property around that time.

But let's back ...

When I started out, I had two main obstacles:1.  The internal obstacle of my belief that no one would take me seriously until I had closed at least one.  It took me a while to be able to tell people I was a real estat...

I have a tenant whom I found through a program which pays their security deposit and the first two months of rent.  She had at times complained about squirrels and mice and I sent the exterminator out anytime she cont...

I am a new landlord with 1 single family residence in Houston, TX which was built in 2005.   I just had some maintenance & repairs done to the house:- $220 to replace A/C drain pan and overflow plug.- $85 for a "S...

Does anyone here have a short-term rental (STR) in Jacksonville, Florida? I have a long-term rental (LTR) in Avondale that I'm wanting to furnish and turn into an AirBnB/STR. It has been tough to find anybody with the...