This is in follow up to a recent post by Engelo Rumora "The Top 3 People Most Likely to Rip You Off in Real Estate Investing"Probably one of the more misunderstood words in construction is "general contractor". Based ...

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I would really welcome advice from anyone experienced in mortgage brokering. I hold the note on a home in Arlington, VA. The amount of the note is $420K, and the home is currently valued at roughly $450K....

Big question - why hasn't anyone applied data science and machine learning in the real estate domain?With the recent (7 years?) advances in natural language processing, image recognition and the validation of various ...

I have had the opportunity to find and work with some of the best property managers (after many years) for our current properties. Over the years we have gone from me just treating them like just a service I hired to ...

It's not talking this time, though, if you've been paying attention, you know that I've been preaching this message for years...  Here's an email from this morning names and locations edited out):Hey Ben - Really enjo...

Curious question. Wondering what the thoughts are out there about investors who are also renters. Anyone? We're looking at going back to renting yet, wish to continue on our investing ventures. 

Hey folks - so I have a property in a lower-income part of town and almost every tenant who applies has a pitbull. (The animal, not the singer!) Anyway - tenants today know the game. They just need to say "it's a serv...

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Does anyone have any strategies in place for mobile home investing after June 1st when the HUD Safe Act starts which will eliminate almost all seller financing? I was really hoping to try mobile home investing th...

If you had to guess, what is the success rate in real estate investing?  Success being defined by someone being able to live above average lifestyle strictly based upon their earnings in real estate.I bet its below 5%...

I don’t want to sign a contract with one realtor because I’m not quite sure how the relationship will work. I don’t want to be roped into a situation where I need to see a property right away and they may not be avail...