I run co-living houses in San Jose CA. I have 3 students living in 3 different rooms of a SF house. Bathrooms and kitchen are shared.One tenant writes :A confrontation occurred because I kindly asked a roommate to cle...

Hello everyone,
     I'm looking to buy my first investment property. I have been exposed in a real estate seminar regarding turnkey investing and ever since I have been hooked. I've been researching, listening to po...

I most likely will be moving a property into an LLC. Most likely the lender will notice the deed change and call the loan. This means I will have to pay it off. I can do that. But I don't want to have that much equity...

I was wondering if anyone is doing this strategy right now? Calling banks with distressed assets and navigating their way through to speak with asset managers for NPN's and REO?

Lots of people say it doesn't work bu...

Hi everyone,I’m looking at a house to convert to a duplex in central MN. The house has a “finished” basement that includes sheetrocked and painted walls and carpeted floors. However, the ceiling is unfinished and has ...

I have a conventional mortgage under my name that I got before moving the house to the LLC.Now I want to move house back to me briefly to refinance the mortgage, because conventional lenders do not lend to LLCs. After...

I was hoping to get some opinions on how I should feel regarding Asbestos pipe wrapping in the basement of a building I am considering.  I have concerns about both what it will mean for managing the building as well a...

I’m an insurance broker who works in all 50 states and I see far too often people, and RE investors especially, do not have their liability separated out correctly to mitigate their personal risk.
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Over and over I ge...

I am working a 203k loan right now and have a detailed scope of work put together. Currently, i am trying to massage the scope of work to keep within my budget. I had to remove things such as exposing brick walls. My ...

Many (probably most) new investors need to continue working a 9-5 to pay the bills as they build their RE portfolio. My question is this: what jobs would have the greatest added benefit of "on the job training"? My in...