Serj Kalfayan
Always Invest Outside of Los Angeles as a Newbie?
It seems that most of the time when I'm reading about new investors in Los Angeles, they are doing deals outside of the area. I understand it's very expensive to do deals in LA, but are there any other reasons aside f...
Andrew Fidler
Read Engelo Rumora's new book "The Raw Truth to Success..."
Happy New Year! I am surprised I haven't seen any forum activity yet on Engelo Rumora's recently published book The Raw Truth to Success In Real Estate, available on Amazon. I'm going to post the sections of the book ...
Eric M.
Lenders, do you have borrowers pre-sign DIL?
I have heard of the technique of avoiding potential FC problems by having a borrower essential pre-sign a Deed in Lieu which basically says, if the loan defaults this Deed in Lieu becomes enforceable.
Sounds too good...
M.C. Nachtigal
Seattle's Latest Insanity: ban criminal background checks
I just saw the latest proposed insanity, set to be voted on by the Seattle City Council next Monday. I would be surprised if it does not pass. This one would ban all criminal background checks by landlords of prosp...
You’ve been lied to about affordable housing. Most people will either tell you it’s impossible to buy an affordable home or that those buying affordable homes are outright stupid. The term “affordable” has been correl...
Buy real estate or face your dollar’s demise. While this may sound like doomsday prophesying or over-bullish investor attitudes towards properties, the fact is that most investors today won’t make it. With inflation r...
Think it’s too late to retire with real estate? Maybe you’re in your forties, fifties, or sixties and have decided that now is the time to put passive income first. With retirement coming up in a couple of decades (or...
our rental portfolio can either be your ticket to financial freedom or a massive headache, but it’s completely up to you, the investor, to decide. Many investors who have been stacking up properties over the past few ...