Ok so I recently moved into an awesome 4 bedroom 3 bath duplex in an up and coming area of Manhattan (near Columbia University). The rent is much cheaper than what I was paying and the space I get is amazing- about 3,...

Hello all!My wife and I are in somewhat of a uniques situation and we are trying to decide if purchasing a condo makes the most financial sense:We recently moved back to the Atlanta / Decatur area after 5.5 years in J...

Background - Full post here:
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I own a SFH in Pasadena, MD that my wife and I purchased at the top of the bubble in the Spring of ...

I have always invested in single family homes and have done pretty well so far. Recently I have been looking into apartment buildings (8-20 unit) in the Cleveland, Oh area. I am trying to get familiar with the market ...

I wrote an article on LinkedIn June 11, 2019, talking about where I thought the overall economy was going. Here are a few excerpts from that article;
“…there are about 8000 points of “fluff” in the stock market from ...

can anyone tell me of any benefit to have a rental vacation home that loses $10k per year?

PITI & HOA fees = $25k per yr

Rents = $22k per year

Less management commissions, upkeep, cleaning and...

Something occurred to me today as my neighbor just sold his home for 200k more than he paid for it 18 months ago... beware of the cashout refinance.  It is different this time.  It always is.  It is hard to recognize ...

I have a tenant applicant who had chapter 7 discharged and assessed amount paid 6 months ago.  His app states it was due to problems when owning his own business.  He has a union job for the past two years making well...

I was just listening to a financial radio talk show and they said home buyers in this market (I’m in Boston) should be aware that they are buying at potentially the edge of a bubble and if they buy now should not plan...

So here's our strange little situation, with a bit of a back story...

In 2006 I was entering my medical residency. My DH and I bought a cosmetic "fixer upper" in a decent neighborhood near my hospital on the...