I placed 3 offers in the last month in California, one of them over asking price. Lost all 3 to cash buyers. I'm offering 20-25% down and have an excellent crredit rating. What's a body to do?

I tend to shy away from homes over ~20 years old to buy and hold for long term renting. This is because I'm concerned that even though the things in the house I can see look great things like the electrical, plumbing,...

So I have been reading and reading about REI and wanting to get into it. Read ABC of Real Estate Investing and now on Cashflow Quadrant, to be followed by BP's UGB. From all the podcasts and all the reading I have don...

Help steer me in the right direction please.I am a 25 year old school teacher who can currently save around 40k a year. Mostly from my salary, but I also own two SFH which I rent for $1300/month each with a mortgages ...