Hey everyone,So I am about to close on my fist rentals.  It's insane. I completed my first flip, it went through three potential buyers that all ended up with lending issues, and finally is just now selling a year lat...

In my market (Sacramento) and in a few outlying smaller markets, real estate has been pretty hot with prices climbing ever higher, approaching pre-crash levels. A few months ago I was noticing things cooling off a bit...

Do you give a down payment to a Contractor before he does work? 
I'm having a hard time finding contractors that would do work without a down payment. 
I feel like even with a contract, a contractor could just walk ...

Dear Pocketers,

How do you harden / bullet-proof your rentals?

While I've never had anyone utterly trash a rental of mine, I've seen the damage they can do first hand (typically when buying the rental and seeing ...

Hi! I am currently 20 years old and have roughly 100k saved from a previous business. I want to get started with real estate but don't know which route or what kind of loans to do. I live in south Florida so real esta...

My friends,
587 days
Or 1 year, 7 months, 10 days
Or 19 months, 10 days
Or 83 weeks and 6 days
Or 845,280 minutes
50,716,800 seconds.... but who's counting? ; )
Honestly, it's been a blur! When I sat down to ...

I'm giving my top 3 but feel free to give your top 3, 5, or 10.

1. @marcia Maynard

2. @Al Williamson

3. @ben Leybovich

I'll be putting my home up for sale within the next several months. I have no desire to pay anywhere near 6% commission. I'd love to hear some suggestions on what my options are?Thanks in advance