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Right now , rates are higher than they have been in a while . prices are up on Real Estate around the country . Insurance rates , rents , utilities are higher . Now there are an estimated 5 million people who have cr...
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For buy and hold investors out there, how do you guys think about appreciation and how do you factor it in to your buying and selling decisions, if at all? What key factors do you use to measure the potential for appr...
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My father died 2 years ago and left everything to my wonderful step mother. My step mother has made it very clear that the balance of her estate is to be divided 3 ways between my sister, my sisters daughter/my niece,...
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Supposedly they have introduced a bill (Not passed yet) to sheild unpaid federal workers from lenders and landlords. What a pain in the ass! This Gov't shutdown is going to affect way more people now. I don't know if ...
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I have since learned my lesson, to not be so forth coming with information. this happened about 8-10 years ago.
Some friends of ours had a friend who was selling a large piece of property...It was not on the marke...
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Property owner insisting PM have tenants sign a inflated cleaning fee schedule to be used upon vacating rental. PM hires cleaner who charges much less. Owner pockets the difference. Is this ethical if tenants agree...
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Had a broker tell me that because he sent a buyer an email blast that I couldn't represent said buyer on the broker's listing. Is it that tuff out here.
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I have a dilemma that I would love to get an opinion about. I have an acquaintance I met in the past several weeks that is a wholesaler in Atlanta. He has a house under contract in an area of Atlanta that is a hotbed ...
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Do people still buy property in California for any reason other than the weather? Seems like everything else about California sucks. High taxes. Soft on crime. People just stealing whatever and whenever they want. Hom...
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I am located in Oregon, first time landlord. Our open house is tomorrow and someone has already mentioned they have Section 8 vouchers. My understanding is that it is an opt-in program? But that conflicts with the fac...