There is an economic term called diminishing marginal rate of return. Meaning for every one more unit sold the benefit becomes less and less. With the rise in college tuition costs and the strong emergence of availabi...

I've noticed a steady increase in the frequency of unsolicited mailers I receive offering my buy my house ("why worry about repairs, we'll buy you house as is, all cash, quick close" etc., etc.). I take this as a sign...

Hi there,I am 21 going to college to be a civil engineer in Washington, once I graduate I plan to use syndication to invest in real estate. What I am scared about is getting burned with syndication, I have seen and he...

BP,I was speaking with a friend of mine who recently began working for a financial group. She mentioned that she had a few clients that had use their overfunded life insurance policy as financing for a deal. Basically...

So we found no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and decided to go to plan "B" which was to reconstruct their government. Now we have a possible real threat in Iran. Is it real or is someone crying wolf again? Ca...

I just had my duplex fall through, before we got to closing, because it appraised 45k short of purchase price. This was my 5th in 6 months that fell through. I've been working hard to read and do research after work a...

When talking to a seller, what is your best rebuttal for "A real estate agent said that I could get $X for the home".

Assume $X is much higher than an investor would be willing to pay.

Ok so there was a water leak about 5 feet from the meter outside of the home. The tenant notified me of the leak 27 Jan and it was fixed 3 Feb. I spoke with the water company and the leak began during the billing cy...