With all the uncertainty going on with the world, with the wars in the middle east, longshoremen strikes, election in November, and potential for stock market and housing market crashes, should I hold off on purchasin...

My dad flipped a house that I would like to buy. He is willing to sell it to me at cost. I've been putting away about $500 a month to save for a down payment on my first investment property. Because he owns it free an...

I’d like to start a new kind of real estate brokerage. It would dually represent buyers and sellers and charge a total commission of no more than 0.6%. Instead of depending on buyer agents to drive prospects from hous...

This is the first book that comes to mind, so I thought I'd kick this area off. Have you guys read it? What are your thoughts?

I'm a newbie.  I'm obsessed with learning about RE investing (for all of 3 weeks or so now), and have gotten my husband and brother involved.  We're all very excited about moving forward (giving ourselves 1 year to le...

This week will mark the 3-year anniversary since I purchased my first property, a turnkey single-family home, in Kansas City, Missouri.  After receiving a lot of questions from prospective investors on my purchase...

Hey folks,
I'm a landlord with four properties, and have had bad experiences with property managers. I'm thinking of starting a property management company with "skin in the game". My idea is to sign multi-year lease...

Hi Everyone, I have read measure EE "Just Cause for Eviction" rules in Oakland. I see that the rules DO NOT apply to a property of 3 units or fewer, where the owner lives in of the units. Here's the language from the ...