I've heard both sides but for my local market (Houston, TX).

Benefit: access to MLS to get expireds and comps. Also get to list my own stuff and save the realtor fees for each house after a fix up.

Problem: have t...

My husband and I live in San Diego. We’ve always wanted to own in Big Bear and finally have the $$ for a down payment. But the current market has us pretty freaked out! We are hoping to at least break even with rentin...

Hey everyone! I’m completely new to this and I’m trying to soak in as much advice and knowledge as possible. I’m a firefighter by trade and I’ve got a decent amount of experience doing house renovations on my own home...

Can some local Central PA (Harrisburg, Lancaster, Carlisle, York, Hershey) investors please recommend some investor friendly lenders? Looking for someone who is responsive, easy to work with and understands real estat...

Hi Folks!I'm purchasing storage units in Texas, but I live in Oregon. It looks like I would file the LLC for the storage unit business in TX since that is where the property is, wanted to post to see if anyone has exp...

Has anyone invested in "Turn Key Real Estate"? It was explained you purchase a home that is in need of rehab, then the business you bought it from has a team of contractors and a property management team who rehabs th...

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I'm a new investor (0 deals), and we live in Marin County, in the SF Bay Area. We are homeowners. We also have a couple hundred thousand dollars in liquid assets to invest, plus time and motivation.Seemingly our smart...

Finding out of the area contractors for a reasonable price. So I have two properties out of the area that I am under contract to purchase. The first property a general contractor bid three times the material. I’ll let...

Hello folks, 
For those that self manage, what do you do when you go out of cell service? My wife and I are travel junkies, but have not left the country since early 2020 for obvious reasons.  Prior to 2020, we had n...