I'd like to see what your opinion is on this idea. If I am not in a hurry to get my first rental started, is buying a new build for rental a good idea?Upsides:1. It is a bit below market price, not by a lot, but at le...

I was wondering what was everyone thoughts about rental properties in dilapidated areas was. Is it worth having all the numbers work out, i.e. 2% rule and house bought @ 70% of value etc., vs. the appreciation of the...

i have a corner that has rotten wood due to long term leak (years). the bottom of 5-6 two by fours are rotten and the bottom plate is rotten.the outside is brick, so i can't get to it from the outside. how do i replac...

I think I've got a great deal in front of me but haven't done a Condo Conversion yet...  Still working out money details, so I don't have those totally clear yet, but the City seems very encouraging and I know thats a...

Hello everyone, I wanted to know if $30/hour in North Jersey is a reasonable or too high to pay a contractor for labor.  He is someone I know that is very good.  He just started to be self employed and has no real exp...

Hi Everyone! Potential newbie question here.A BP user was advertising REO properties in Florida. When I reached out to them they sent me a 3 page NCND non-ciscumventing non-disclosure agreement to be able to share the...

Hey all! I have a real straight forward question. I am buying my first rental property in South Jersey, in pretty nice working class suburbs. I’m rehabbing the property, and not sure if capping/sealing the windows is ...

I've been working on a project that is a larger-scale version of the "house hacking" that @Brandon Turner and @Joshua Dorkin are big proponents of. Essentially, rather than fixing up an under-valued house, I'm trying ...

Hey y'all,I just wanted to start a discussion about the relevance of physical shopping malls.  Do you think the environment is changing?  Do you think they will still have presence in 10-15 years with the increase in ...

I want to start investing out of state and wanted to see how people evaluate markets.  My market is far too rich for my blood at the moment, but I want to be in decent markets and I'm not sure how to identify those.  ...