I was originally going to outsource the interior and exterior paint, patching, and pressure washing for my 1200 SF SFH rental, but I ended up being way over budget on the rebuilding of a room and now am desperately tr...

1) Not keeping enough reserves. Big expense hits and owner cannot handle it

2) Fix/flip - unforseen repair needed. Too many deals go bad.

I'm curious to hear how RE empires go down during recessions.

Trying to find an article about putting each rental property into a separate LLCs or putting a group of rental properties into one LLC.Just looking for pros/cons of each approach.  I've heard there are differing opini...

I'm a new landlord and not quite sure what to do in this situation, so any advice is greatly appreciated. My tenant asked me today if I would replace the oven (gas stovetop) because it has a lot of tiny grease stains ...

A housing bubble is a run-up in housing prices fueled by demand, speculation and exuberance. ... Speculators enter the market, further driving demand. At some point, demand decreases or stagnates at the same time supp...

Let's say you are a brand new investor. You are 40 years old and you have a family. You have $80K in your savings account, and you decide you want to invest in real estate.
Knowing what you know now, what would you...

I thought I'd share this report I just generated.  The report is here, incidentally: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5YbSRYrt3Q8WXN1...We're looking at, among other things, opportunities in Orange County for tripl...

I like to buy and hold single family homes for rental.  I have a strategy that has been working very well for me.  Of course, conventional financing is becoming increasingly difficult.  I've seen other financing metho...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/rent-to-own-homes-make...Buy a property and do a lease purchase.  Simple.

Greetings.
I own a property in the San Diego area.  I rented it to a tenant a year ago on a 2 yr lease.  The existing lease has either 11 or 12 months left.
All was well until about 2 months ago when this women’s do...