I recently purchased a duplex on a fairly nice street and inherited the tenants from the previous owner. One of those tenants experienced some difficulty from an insurance scam and lost his home of 15 years as a resul...

I'm working in commercial real estate but I'm personally looking to invest in flips (with my own proceeds and other people's money) locally here in Los Angeles, and for now, stay with what I know: homes or duplexes th...

We looked at a 2-family flat in Saint Louis today.  Price was $90k in an up and coming part of town.  Bottom floor has a long term tenant paying $550/month, top floor needed finishing, a small deck and a small kitchen...

Finally. We are closing on our first property, a three family in the beautiful Hudson Valley of New York, tomorrow. Wife and I are excited but nervous.

It's been three years and more than a few purchases that didn'...

Hi I'm just wondering if you should get a house inspected always BEFORE you make an offer to the seller. Just today I talked to a guy who's selling his house FSBO and I asked him if he gotten the house inspected. He d...

Sorry this is long, but bear with me.I have a coworker who recently inherited a 3/1 house (built in 1928) from his in-laws on 1.25 acres in Post Falls, ID. It is in a trust that is being transferred to his wife soon. ...

Hi guys, I am looking to buy my first property and yesterday this one popped up on Zillow. I would be doing a house-hack a therefore living in the efficiency (Not legal) unit and renting the 2/1 and 1/1 units. What ar...

Looking for a great contractor in Houston TX, that doesn't deal in ambiguity, overpricing and poor business habits. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Seems like all the contractors I come across are subpar. I am ...

I'm a newbie, still learning and hunting my first deal. I was just curious how does a natural disaster affect real estate investors? Is this a good time for investors or a time to chill out? I don't want to be insensi...

We are building a 2500 sf flat roof retail building on 8200 sf lot. Was told by some architects that besides architectural, we need MEP and structural. Some said you need MEP, structural AND civil.  Some said you don'...