One thing I didn't think about until I mailed my first direct mail campaign was the time frame from which I should expect to receive calls. I ended up with two calls within the first week. I am curious what others hav...

I am going to sell some property and am wrestling with whether to 1031 or take the tax hit and sit in the cash.
1031: Buy real estate now with tax deferred proceeds and cash flow now with 100% of the proceeds.But whe...

There is increasingly frequent chatter about a real estate bubble and impending crash.  I think projections like this are often misguided and counterproductive.  Here are a few thoughts and I would love to hear what o...

Hello everyone. I recently discovered this remarkable site and intend to read and learn here. I find Real Estate very interesting, more so than any other game that I know. But must admit I don't identify myself with i...

I purchased a parcel already with a variance for an apartment built. Recently I got the appraisal back. The ARV stabilized value is $3.35 millionI paid out of pocket for the land and Design/engineering after LTC my lo...

Hi everyone,
I'm from the San Francisco bay area and just starting out in the real estate investment world. I am looking to invest in a single family home in North Austin (Round rock, Leander, Hutto, Pflugerville are...

We have 75% of homeowners are having mortgage less than 4% with equity below 70% LTV. Now lets assume all of them is having one primary only, no rental. Also lets assume the mortgage rate remain 5-8% until 2032. Lets ...

Housing Crash Basically doom and gloom article explaining a negative side of real estate, thought this would have been shortly after the crash in 2007/2008 but looks like it was recently published. What do you guys...

I hear that Kevin O'leary from Shark Tank is predicting that as interest rates begin to hike, home values will go down or at best stay even for many years.   What do folks think about how the coming rate hikes will af...

It seems like every other day someone posts to the forums talking about Denver or surrounding front range cities here in CO and how "Red-Hot" and "crazy" the market is. I remember that was said in 2013, when I first t...