Just curious how many of you choose to finance through commercial loans on small properties (i'm thinking 4plex) that a conventional loan can finance. I talked to a commercial banker recently and he told me everyone c...

Two coworkers I know have agreed to the sale of a house - the one is retiring and selling it to the other. They are not using an agent. The Seller appears to be friends with a person at the title company who is faci...

My husband and I started looking for investment properties late 2010. We saw so many properties in so many areas before finding our first in June 2010. Since then I have alerts on Redfin and at least glance at ev...

Hello all,I am looking for a little insight from some people much smarter than I regarding an opportunity presented to my wife and I. I am looking into purchasing our first rental property and it is an off-market prop...

Hi! What do you guys do if a couple apply for your rental unit, one of them has a great credit score, and the other one doesn't?

I wanted to give a shout-out to BP for helping to fund our first crowdfunded deal on iFunding. We raised $603,750 in exactly 24 days, or just over $25k/day. I don't have the exact figures, but I estimate about 25...

Hi BP!In markets with fairly big swings in appreciation (like California), Ive heard on a few podcasts that a good tactic to tell if the current price is a safe one is how it compares to the cost to build a new home t...

My wife has this theory that lower rent actually gets you better qualified tenants, on the premise that since they're more desirable but often just as frugal as anyone else they can stand out from the field and get th...

I typically invest in older buildings so when dealing with window treatment I always face this madness of multiple inferior installs.Blinds with the brackets barely hanging, that are basically impossible to secure bec...

Question guys,

I am venturing into the rental realm and I had a question to ask about landlord-ing. Is it better to go with a management company, or to just manage the property yourself? I know this is a REAL...