Don't blame everything on interest rates - It's because wages haven't kept pace
My wife and I bought our first house in Seattle in 1986 for $78,000. It was in a safe, desired neighborhood, post card view of downtown,...
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Hi,Listening to some of the podcasts and reading the blog, I keep feeling this inner red flag that keeps popping up in me. I get the feeling that a lot of folks are advocating being over leveraged and taking on an un...
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/DETROIT-MI-SOLID-BRICK-SIN...Is the whole city falling apart?
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Someone who I am close with wants to partner in real estate and is willing to private lend up to $200,000 at an interest rate of 10%. I have plenty of landlord experience in single family homes, but have not yet owned...
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Good evening all,
For those of you familiar with my approach, you already know I'm interested in holding onto property long-term for the appreciation potential. However, my wife and I are willing to take a good hard ...
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I’ve got nightmare tenants in my rental property. The septic keeps backing up into the basement shower. It took a month of doing multiple repairs to septic, laterals etc to figure out the problem. We started snaggi...