Hi guys, I wanted your advice on how much sleep entrepreneurs should be getting; I want to use the most time to my advantage. I think I'm going to try only getting 4-5hrs of sleep a day to have an additional 4-5hrs to...

One of the things I LOVE about real estate investing is how optimistic, creative and cheery everyone is. Generally, you don't get a lot of excuse makers in this business. However, I know we all have really bad days an...

I am almost to my two year anniversary of being a landlord. Many days are awesome and I love it. Many days are also challenging.

How many years of landlording does it take to come to a place where you feel comfortab...

Hello everyone! My name is Matthew Roybal and I'm from the San Francisco Bay Area. My background in real estate includes a guru program disaster, real estate sales, and two investment properties. My day job is a...

So, I develop flex warehouses. Usually around 15k-25k sf with 6 identical units. I find the land, go through all the work w my builder/architect/engineer, get the property leased, then sell. I may try to be the develo...

Hello - I'm transitioning/diversifying from LTR (9 doors) and managed by PM's to STR and will be self managing using price labs and Guesty along with ABNB and Vrbo to self manage for my first property. If it goes as b...

Can a window crack due to very cold exterior temperature? Here is the message from my tenant.

"Hey max- this big crack appeared overnight in one of the kitchen windows, possibile because of the extreme cold from ou...

Hi BP,I've mentioned in earlier posts that I'm considering a career change. I've always been interested in the lending side of real estate - specifically on the commercial side for local community type banks.If anyone...

I'm new to real estate investing and I've started to analyze deals in my area, which has been a difficult area to find a good deal (North Idaho). I've been talking with different lenders and I've been pre-approved wit...

Everyone has heard of the Federal Reserve "Stress Test" for large Wall Street banks, but many of the same principles apply to us as real estate investors. A stress test involves preparing for the rare "crisis," a once...