We have a contract on our first deal as of today (see http://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/88/topics/1548... for details).Our original plan was to rent this out as a SFR.  But over the last 24 hours, I started wonderin...

As an experienced real estate investor and now also a private lender, I often get asked the question: "If I am a newbie and lenders don't want to lend to newbies, how can I get money for my first deal?"

Looki...

Relative newbie to Landlording 101 (just over 2 years)

What is the WORST (stupid, funny, challenged etc) request a tenant has made to you? It can be written or verbal

I'll go first, I expect you more experienced la...

Hey Everybody,Up to this point my real estate investing has been mostly buying, rehabbing, and selling for profit.  I have kicked around the idea of buying individual mobile homes on their own land and using them as r...

This is a technical question that arises from the painful experience of having an appraisal come in low. It happened two years ago when a VA appraiser, citing comps, said that the price my buyer had agreed to pay for ...

I watch a lot of RE shows about flipping and solely renovating. I know that there is more behind the scenes then what is shown on TV but on these shows, they seem to be able to do a renovation for between 30-40K. Incl...

I am having a hard time figuring out how folks are able to achieve decent cash-flow in Branson, MO as my numbers are not penciling out. Yet I am seeing a lot of short term rentals in this market -- 4,184 as of today a...

Or are we going to see slow and steady 2-4% appreciation for the next 30 years like a "perfect economy"

I recently paid a builder about $4,500 total for several projects at my rental home in Indiana. These were: building a new wood deck at back door, building new staircase in  basement, installing a new window, repairin...