Has anyone successfully sued a bank for an appraisal refund due to an appraisal that had errors in it?  Obviously suing the appraisers is much more difficult since I'm not the direct client of the appraisers but I fig...

I am planning to buy a fixer upper and make it a B & B.  I'm torn about using a general contractor vs. doing the general contracting myself.CONs of Hiring a General Contractor:1. They are reputed to suck big time ...

I found a lead in which property owners are deceased. The grandson which also claims to be "adopted" by his deceased parents is now living behind the home in a vehicle. He clearly has a drug problem. The house has bee...

For anyone that was able to quit their 9-5 and move full time into real estate (or something else) I'm curious to hear your stories.  How did it play out?  What was it like?  How long did it take?  What did you learn?...

I'm kind of baffled at valuations in general.  They seem so random.  A building two blocks from my four plex in Crystal, has a newly painted exterior, decent looking apartments the same size, but with worse looking vi...

I'm currently a college student looking to start my real estate career at an early age. How exactly would I go about securing money from the bank if I have about 10% of the down payment on a property, let's say a cond...

Alright, so I have a house valued at about $60k. The amount owed on the home is over 50k. We'd like to sell the property quicker than the average 150 days on the market in our area without selling at a discount. Havin...

Do most investors ignore vacant, overgrown grass , REO properties with code violations and tax liens? Have one that's been that way for a year, wondering if only strategy is offer the bank to buy it cash?

We (myself, wife, and two kids - 2 and 6 months) are making a move in the next couple months from a rural college community in Oklahoma to Oklahoma City. I'll be starting a new job, and my wife stays at home with our ...

Besides saving and paying extra money every month and biweekly payments,is there any other way to payoff mortgage faster?My goal is to own atleast 50 rental properties(all paid off) by 2035(i know pretty ambitious but...