Here is the situation, we identified 3 properties for our 1031 with the idea of buying two and having a back up. We ended up buying one house to turn into a vacation rental and the two other options were one- a stand ...

I see most people have an llc - is there a significant reason why?

In my lovely area of Seattle, the city council and the entire state government here are socialists. I live in the People's Republic of Seattle. The liberal government here believes that it is evil to make a profit.1) ...

Hello, everyone.

I've been lurking for the past couple of months, and have thrown out a post here and there as well. I became interested in real estate investment after spending some time researching to buy my o...

I'm curious what people's thoughts are on this topic. As an active military member, do you choose to buy or rent when you PCS to an expensive duty station? And why do you choose that option? Let's use San Diego (since...

I’m going to explain to everyone the payment structure of a Real Estate Agent. I sense there is a disconnection between investors and agents because both parties do not understand each other as well as they should. In...

Hey all -

As I understand it one person or company can complete 5 land contracts and only be taxed on the actual payments (installments of say $1,000 / month).

However - if one person or company does 6 or more land...

This is my second post, so forgive me if I don't provide all the necessary useful information for you all to help me make this decision. I've also been running the numbers the last few days, so errors in my cal...

I'm looking at several potential owner finance deals - but clearly the cash flow would be better if we could pay interest only. When does it make sense to make offers that pay the seller interest only? What kinds of t...

Newbie question here.

Commercial loan have balloon payments due in 10 years or so.

What if it's a bad environment (recession)? Will the bank typically roll it over? If you have first hand experience ple...