I live in Washington state, about 2 hours west of Seattle. I have about $1,000 and some books I received at a Rich Dad 3-day workshop. I don't have a job, I separated from the military in March and have been getting p...

I thought I'd start a discussion about rising interest rates, because quite honestly I'm not hearing that much about it, and I'm wondering why. From what I'm observing, it's like the elephant that's NOT in the room, e...

"Graduating seniors who just finished their degrees on average carry debts of $19,000 or more. On the other hand, medical graduate students carry debts in the range $19,000 - $105,000 (Source: Department of Education)...

My wife and I have been looking into buying a new construction home with the idea of renting it out...paying down the mortgage with the rent and using the rental income or sell the home in 25-30 years as part of our r...

I'd like to start a discussion regarding 2 different rent collection options. I'm comparing "Rent Payment Now" through ARPOLA to "eRentPayment". On the cover it appears that "eRentPayment" may be more cost effective w...

Hello,My husband and I are new to real estate investing and haven't done our first deal as of yet.  We have committed to analyzing 5 deals a week and have been committed to this for more than 5 months.  I think we hav...

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I'm curious to know if anyone can help with some info here. . .obviously REI, like any other form of investing, is all about the numbers. Although I've never done a deal and I've only been reading about and li...

Airbnb has just passed a global party ban across all locations and threatened legal action to anyone who disobeys. 
Given that a large percentage of travelers are young and having a good time goes hand in hand... 
H...

Decided to put this out here for anyone interested.  There are always tons of people asking me about numbers, returns, cash on cash, CAP rates and what neighborhoods are best to invest relative to WNY.  We work with a...

There is a quote I used to have on a post it note on my mirror, about 20 years ago – ‘All Unhappiness is Caused by Comparison.’ Now, I don’t subscribe to that, fully, 2 decades later, but I do know that we often compa...