My wife and I recently bought a large (3,000sf), unoccupied two family in northern Massachusetts. I'll round the numbers for the purpose of this discussion but basically we paid $440k for the property and have a plann...

Hello people,I am a new investor and looking to buy a property within the next 90 days in southern California. I have about 20k saved up and have a pre approval up to 450k using FHA. I am finding it hard to find cash ...

I've been in the home building business for about 6 years and know I'm interested in doing land development to sell lots to home builders. I had a engineer look at 56 acres of land and determine that I could get betwe...

Ok landlords,Who's been sued.  Tell me your story and did a LLC help or not help you?  Did a large umbrella policy protect you?   I think we've all been going about this from the wrong side whether you need a LLC or n...

I'm very interested in LED lighting, and we're starting to try it in our home.  These lightbulbs  are (in theory) meant to last 20+ years (ask me when I'm 65 how that's working out.)  And they are very cheap to run pe...

Hi everyone,
First post here.
To what extent does real estate investing make sense if you have a highly successful career, and do not intend - or want - to make real estate a full-time career (as I've noticed many /...

I just got a quote to replace my hot water heater for $2,450. Is this a reasonable price. It seems high to me. the hot water heater is working fine, but it was made in 1994 and My current tenant is moving so I want to...

As very busy professional, with accredited investor status,  I want to find a low risk investment preferably passive to park my money in case the market goes south.  According Robert Kiyosaki you can only build wealth...

Hello. I own and manage a number 3 bedroom vacation rentals, hosting 6 guests on average.  I don't drink coffee so I struggle to know exactly what guests would prefer.  I have read that the choice of flavors of K cups...

Alright, I'm going to try this deal diary thing out.  I'm one of those people who likes to have everything wrapped up so I can post a success story but this should be a fun process to go through so I'll bring you alon...