The economy seems to be on fragile ground based on this "unexposed" information about the Fed repo. How are you preparing for a potential downturn?

16 years ago today, I dodged a big bullet. Working as a sales manager covering most of the US and Canada, I would normally have boarded a Monday morning flight from Logan Airport in Boston to fly to work with wit...

Greetings all! My hubby (Otis) and I are in the spanking brand new stage of building our REI business. We are going to one of the 3 day seminars (Than Merrill) in a few weeks. However, our whole intention is to go str...

A while ago I posted when we purchased this house so I thought it would be good to do an update here in the Deal Diaries forum. This house was purchased for lot value (I LOVE THOSE btw) for $60k. A few months and abou...

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This isn't an HOA issue as much as it is a city/county issue, but I just learned from my city inspector that the county my rental property is in (Prince George's County, MD) has a law stating that no more tha...

So between me and a business partner, we are about to be cashed up a few hundred grand. I have experience with wholesaling (years ago) and understand real estate to a degree. Having been out of the game for a couple...

Ugh. Just showed my first property today and was caught a little off guard by the fact that the guy had checked public record and knew what I paid. I'm selling a 2bed 2bath mobile home on 2.66 acres for $25,000. He wa...

I discussed this in the landlord forum, but I am hoping for some more input. I know it is very common for real estate investors to hold their companies in an LLC. However after reading Mr. Reed’s comments at http://...

Greatings all. So my wife and I have started a small real estate investment company here in Minneapolis. Our intentions are to buy and old REOs, rehab, and then refinance. I was shocked to find out, while reading thro...

Just saw a webinar on this. The software says it automates the process of pulling in listings and emailing sales contracts according to criteria you can set up. I know people on here have strong opinions about usi...