My numbers showed a conservative ARV of 3/1 rancher in Richmond, VA at $135,000.  All-in costs including repairs, title, legal, lender fees, etc. was $108,000.  I developed a relationship with a new bank with great po...

My property manager contacted me to let me know a tenant in one of my duplexes has been given a dog. They asked me if I would consider collecting a 200.00 pet deposit and 25.00 a month for pet rent or if I wanted to e...

HI BP, I was at a Financial College meeting with a man I've met twice. Everything was about college, until he asked, "Do you want to go to college?" I answered, saying that I knew it was a terrible investment that Im ...

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We have an excellent legal immigration policy which millions of people have used to move to this cou...

Hey everyone, Wanted to hear the communities response to this;Brand new r/e investor, going to do a fix and flip. Does anybody have any interesting tax strategies in respect to this whole process? (buying, selling and...

Although I started in real estate some 20 years ago, I have been watching a wide variety of webinars recently, seeing if there are truly useful ideas out there

So far, these are some thoughts I have:

- Value - many ...

I'm sure all the "flippers" out there read the subject and said, "That's not true!". I would say it all depends. The reason I'm writing this is because as I was speaking with a "short sale expert", she informed me t...

I am a rehabber dealing mostly with REO properties and I am having a miserable time finding deals.  I am up here in New England (northern MA/southern NH) and for the past 6-8 months the prices on REO properties have i...

Just like the title says I am looking to select a market to purchase my first property. I live in Southern California and it's almost impossible to make an investment that will cash flow here so I'm fine going else wh...

My mother-in-law recently sold her primary residence and downsized since the kids are all moved out.  She's looking for something that would provide her with good cash flow as she is very close to retiring.  She doesn...