Hi all, I have a couple questions about property values vs. rent prices in and around Salt Lake City:As we all know, property values in the area have gone way up over the past 5 or so years (particularly for single fa...

Well I've written about prohibitive financing costs and the list of qualified buyers without qualified deals is piling up. 
On non primary conventional loan purchases rates are in the 7-8-9-10%'s. 
Few buyers are wi...

Hello all! I graduated UCI with a degree in civil engineering just last year and am currently working full time as an entry level design engineer. I'm currently living with my parents in Irvine, CA and am saving up to...

When I dove deeply into the social media pool, I had no idea I was going to capture a tidal wave of undiscovered real estate investing opportunities. Suddenly, sites like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube bec...

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I’m diving into multi-family real estate in Los Angeles and California and looking to connect with like-minded people as I build my portfolio. The market here feels like it’s on the verge of a shift—man...

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I just bought an older house (1910-ish) split into five apartments (~2700 square feet total). They aren't separately metered so the utilities are included in their price of rent. The electric bill was about d...

Closing on another rental property tomorrow. Older 3br. 1ba home built in the 1960's.

Home currently has natural gas central unit with "NO" central cooling. The only cooling comes from window units. Pretty unusu...

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I was doing some reading on Tesla’s solar shingles (https://www.tesla.com/solarroof), and one of their selling points is that they can cut energy costs by 40-60 percent, and government incentives for solar e...

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About a year ago we purchased a 2 story 2000 sq house in Garland, Tx as a rental. Got a great price but put about 25-30K in upgrades including new A/C, water heater and appliances. The house is all electric an...

I want to invest in real estate. I haven't invested into anything yet, so I'm still trying to figure out what my first deal will be. I live in a small town. I wanted buy 2-4 unit property with an FHA loan, but the pro...