My wife and I had been interested in purchasing a rental property for about a year with the intent of making this a business. She's a teacher, I'm an engineer and we have little faith in the future of Social Security ...

Seems some places are better to invest in than others.
Where does the line between profit and risk cross?
50. Rochester, New York - 748 violent crimes per 100,000
49. West Palm Beach, Florida ...

Got a call from a tenant telling me that a blade on her ceiling fan flew off and almost hit her. I apologized but went silent when she said she wanted to be compensated for the mishap. I told her we would talk about i...

Looking for guidance.  I have done some investing, but am a miserable failure.  Banging my head against walls (literally), I still cant figure out what to do.  Nothing works.  I am in financial distress, but have some...

Hello everyone, I am curious if anyone has built a successful portfolio debt free. I am not arguing leverage vs debt, leverage wins everytime hands down, no argument here, I own a calculator, pencil and paper.  My con...

Hi everyoneMy business partner and I have 25 - 30 single-family homes and multi-tenant properties.  -  All of the homes/properties have been renovated and have been in service for a number of years (meaning we have a ...

Would anyone like to explain to me some of the benefits\drawbacks of both of these types of investments? It seems to me that when starting out, REI seems to require far more money than investment in stocks.

I read t...

Years ago, I had a tenant who's toilet got plugged - but they continued to use it until it overflowed on a weekend and I was the only maintenance guy we had. It was the last toilet I ever worked on... and probably th...

Just curious to see what other people's favorite negotiating tactic is.

Aside from not needing to buy and having a seller that needs to sell (this is a position rather than a tactic anyway), my favorite tactic is to ...

Do you hesitate to answer when someone asks you what you do for a living?  Do you hang your head when the naysayers label your industry as a bunch of vultures preying on the innocent, trying to steal houses from littl...